Senior Cyber Security Architect

Role: Senior Cyber Security Architect

Location: Hyderabad

About the job

Our Team:

Our Security Architecture team, reporting directly to the CISO alongside the Security Operations & SOC and Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams, plays a pivotal role in designing and implementing robust security solutions across all digital domains. Under the leadership of the Security Architecture Lead, this team ensures our organizations technological infrastructure is secure, aligned with industry best practices, and effectively supports our cybersecurity strategy. The Cyber Technology team (3 FTEs) works as a sub-team within the Security Architecture team, focused on delivering across portfolio optimisation (outside of health, science, manufacturing and security), data loss prevention, identity access management and technology.

Main responsibilities:

The Senior Cyber Technology FTE, reporting to the Security Architecture Lead, will play a pivotal role in ensuring the optimization and security of our technology environments. This role involves assessing and enhancing our cybersecurity solutions portfolio, excluding Health & Science and Manufacturing & Science domains. Key responsibilities include:

• Portfolio Optimisation & Functional Gaps:
  • Assess the efficacy of deployed security solutions against leading solutions from all vendors (for all environments outside of Health & Science and Manufacturing & Science).
  • Assess the organisation s cybersecurity solution portfolio within manufacturing and supply and address identified gaps (for all environments outside of Health & Science and Manufacturing & Science).
• Data Loss Prevention:
  • Design, implement and manage data classification and loss prevention processes across the organisation using a robust data classification / data loss prevention suite.
• Identity & Access Management:
  • Design, implement and manage technical procedures and workflows related to general and privileged identity management (e.g., password mgmt., single sign on, two-factor authentication, digital signatures, biometrics).
• Technology:
  • Design, implement and manage cybersecurity solutions across all areas of technology (incl. network & cloud, endpoint, apps & data).
  • Design threat intelligence solutions (e.g., which feeds are used, data sources)
  • Update. rules & controls, identify and ensure changes in response to major emerging threats.
  • Manage cybersecurity data and systems lifecycle to ensure that they are patched and/or upgraded at the right time and remain effective.

About you

• Experience :
  • 8-12 years of professional experience (equivalent combination of experience and education accepted)
  • Previous work in an international environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in working within cybersecurity teams, particularly specialised cyber technology capabilities, covering portfolio optimisation, data loss prevention, identity and access management, and technology.
  • Demonstrated experience with the Microsoft 365 suite - including Intune, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Exchange, Teams and so on
  • Proven track record of contributing to the design and implementation of security solutions aligned with organizational goals.
• Soft skills :
  • Broad experience in working in large digital teams, with an understanding of how digital and business processes are linked.
  • Stakeholder management and communication skills, especially when interacting with senior leadership.
  • Skilled problem solver and self-starter.
  • A hands-on pragmatic attitude to driving change.
  • Positive, "can-do" attitude.
• Technical skills :
  • Proficiency in the Microsoft tech stack and leveraging ecosystem synergies.
  • Experience with AGILE or similar project management frameworks.
  • Working knowledge of common information security management frameworks (ISO/IEC 27001, ITIL, NIST, NISD, CISSP/CCSP, QxP, CIS20).
• Education :
  • Bachelor s and master s degree (preferred) in any of the following fields of study: Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or Information Security
• Languages:
  • English

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