Security Architect - Client and Workforce Identity (IAM)

About the role

Accountabilities

Skills, experience & requirements

• General Skills: Strong technical leadership and administration skills, with a demonstrated ability to lead change and solve problems. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively within both the business and technical arenas. Well-developed analytical skills accompanied by proven decision-making experience. Demonstrated aptitude for continuous learning and innovative thinking. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including polished presentation skills with the ability to deliver technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences in a clear and understandable manner. Ability to weigh several, often conflicting constraints and make rapid decisions in a dynamic environment.
• Strong technical leadership and administration skills, with a demonstrated ability to lead change and solve problems.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively within both the business and technical arenas.
• Well-developed analytical skills accompanied by proven decision-making experience.
• Demonstrated aptitude for continuous learning and innovative thinking.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including polished presentation skills with the ability to deliver technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences in a clear and understandable manner.
• Ability to weigh several, often conflicting constraints and make rapid decisions in a dynamic environment.
• Technical Skills: Technical cyber security background, with experience in system design, architecture, technology deployment, and security monitoring. Experience with Identity & Access Management capabilities, including single sign on experiences, client identity, authentication, identity verification, and multi-factor authentication. Working knowledge of identity platforms, such as Okta or Ping Identity. Understanding of non-human identity best practices for use with AI and process automation workflows. Experience designing High-Availability or High Traffic infrastructure with working knowledge of cloud services (cloud orchestration, multi-cluster, hybrid and multi modal). Experience with leading security design and analysis tasks. Cloud security experience required; Google Cloud Platform preferred. Minimum of seven years of experience within the Information Technology industry; career focus in cyber security, architecture, or equivalent development or operational experience. Formal information technology education, including a post-secondary degree or diploma. Professional designation preferred, ex: CISSP, CCSP, or CISM. Previous financial industry experience would be an asset.
• Technical cyber security background, with experience in system design, architecture, technology deployment, and security monitoring.
• Experience with Identity & Access Management capabilities, including single sign on experiences, client identity, authentication, identity verification, and multi-factor authentication.
• Working knowledge of identity platforms, such as Okta or Ping Identity.
• Understanding of non-human identity best practices for use with AI and process automation workflows.
• Experience designing High-Availability or High Traffic infrastructure with working knowledge of cloud services (cloud orchestration, multi-cluster, hybrid and multi modal).
• Experience with leading security design and analysis tasks.
• Cloud security experience required; Google Cloud Platform preferred.
• Minimum of seven years of experience within the Information Technology industry; career focus in cyber security, architecture, or equivalent development or operational experience.
• Formal information technology education, including a post-secondary degree or diploma.
• Professional designation preferred, ex: CISSP, CCSP, or CISM.
• Previous financial industry experience would be an asset.

Additional Details

Don’t meet all the requirements on the list?

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