Associate Director, Corporate Security Architect

Company: Cognizant
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: May 14, 2020

Job Description:

This role will partner closely with, and interface a great deal with general IT client architecture teams as well as the Cognizant Information Technology teams. This role will ultimately serve as a liaison between corporate delivery teams and Corporate Security management on architectures and compute that will be hosted and/or operated by Cognizant infrastructure resources.This role will require day-to-day work with corporate delivery teams and will be tasked with ensuring that delivery teams adhere to Cognizant's corporate information security architecture, policies, procedures, baselines and guidelines.Candidate must possess the following:7-10 years of progressive information security experience across various information security / information technology risk management domains such as but not limited to: application security, infrastructure security, identity and access management, vulnerability and cyber threat management, security architecture, etc.3-5 years of previous client facing and advisory experience required. Big4 IT risk management consulting experience a plus.3-5 years of experience in an information security or risk advisory role for regulated environments.In depth knowledge of HIPAA regulatory requirements, PCI control standards, and HITRUST/NIST CSF.--Demonstrated experience in the evaluation, selection and decision making as it relates to security controlsPrevious knowledge and expertise in designing and architecting information technology and security controls across complex and diverse networks, applications and infrastructuresTechnical aptitude and critical thinking skills while having the ability to think outside the box,-- demonstrated ability to solve complex information security problems, ability to observe security risks and weaknesses and provide security recommendations to respective project and delivery teamsAbility to translate technical risk issues and distill such issues to common IT business leaders and upper managementAbility to build complex information security designs geared at demonstrating DiD approaches, as well as demonstrate the principals of CIA in a given designAbility to design and incorporate security designs in new, legacy, and in environments undergoing general IT transitions / upgradesUnderstanding of the current information security and IT risk management solutions market and vendor spaces across broad security domainsSubject matter expert (SME) across the entire IT stack as well as diverse IT systems, networking and security components,-- applications, and operating systems. Solid understanding as to how to mitigate risks with common controls such as WAF'S, IDPS's, MPS's, AWL, etc.Working knowledge of application security controls, common threats, and the cost-effective implementation of mitigating controls and practicesAbility to think strategically, strong attention to detail and organization skillsUnderstanding of information risk management frameworks, regulations, data protection guidelines and standardsExperience with working on global teams across time zones, cultures and languages.Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field required, Graduate degrees in related fields highly desiredCISSP, CISM, or other relevant information security industry recognized certification required

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