Senior security architect job description
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Senior security architect requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in senior security architect job postings.
Sample senior security architect requirements
- 10+ years of experience in security architecture
- Expertise in security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS
- Proficiency in security technologies such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, and SIEM
- Strong understanding of cloud security principles and technologies
- Experience in conducting security assessments and audits
Sample required senior security architect soft skills
- Excellent communication skills to articulate complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong leadership skills to guide and mentor junior security professionals
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Attention to detail and ability to identify and mitigate potential security risks
- Problem-solving skills to address security issues in a fast-paced environment
Senior security architect job description example 1
NIO senior security architect job description
Team Charter
With offices in San Jose, Munich, Shanghai, and Beijing, the Product Security Department at NIO consists of several cybersecurity-related teams, together providing technical solutions for securing NIO's products and protecting user privacy. Our security and privacy solutions cover vehicle operating systems, digital architectures, assisted/autonomous driving systems, intelligent cockpit and mobile systems, V2X, etc.
Responsibilities:Towards NIO's next-generation intelligent vehicles, design and develop system/ OS level safety & security solutions to support autonomous driving systems, intelligent cockpit, smart body/motion control, including but not limited to (one or more) Micro-kernel-based secure OS architectures, mechanisms, policies TrustZone-based secure OS architectures, mechanisms, policies, in both secure world and normal world of ARM A/M/R cores Secure automotive hypervisor providing spatial and temporal isolations Safety & security mechanisms leveraging hardware security engines, such as HSM, SE, TrustZone, SecOC, etc. Secure communication middleware for on-vehicle (automotive) networks
Qualifications:Minimum of 10 years experience as technical, hands-on architect with Research and Development experiences, driving innovative solutions from prototype into commercialization Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields of study Rich and proven domain expert with micro-kernel-based OS security architecture development and research, capable of designing UNIX-like security solutions (isolation, identity and access management, crypto, DAC/MAC, etc.) on top of micro-kernel-based OS, for example, se L4 or other L4 Micro-kernel Deep understanding of the following technical areas (one or more) In-depth understanding of hardware security features from ARMv8 A/M/R cores, and HSM, SE, TrustZone, etc.In-depth understanding of automotive OS/hypervisor, including but not limited to se L4 (OS/hypervisor), QNX (OS/hypervisor), FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, Linux, etc.In-depth understanding of cryptography, PKI, authentication, signature, etc.In-depth understanding of network security and protocol security for SOME/IP, DDS, etc.Excellent team player with effective communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:Board-level development experiences Large scale software product development experiences OS/ hypervisor certification experiences
About NIO
NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China's premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO's mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive and convenient power solutions, innovative Battery as a Service (BaaS) program, and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater flagship premium electric SUV, in China in June 2018, and its variant, the 6-seater ES8, in March 2019. NIO officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018 and began deliveries of the ES6 in June 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater premium electric coupe SUV, in December 2019 and began deliveries of the EC6 in September 2020.
Equal Employment Opportunity
NIO is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, age, sex, ancestry, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, present or past history of mental disability, genetic information or any other classification protected by state or federal law.
NIO US is an E-Verify employer.
With offices in San Jose, Munich, Shanghai, and Beijing, the Product Security Department at NIO consists of several cybersecurity-related teams, together providing technical solutions for securing NIO's products and protecting user privacy. Our security and privacy solutions cover vehicle operating systems, digital architectures, assisted/autonomous driving systems, intelligent cockpit and mobile systems, V2X, etc.
Responsibilities:Towards NIO's next-generation intelligent vehicles, design and develop system/ OS level safety & security solutions to support autonomous driving systems, intelligent cockpit, smart body/motion control, including but not limited to (one or more) Micro-kernel-based secure OS architectures, mechanisms, policies TrustZone-based secure OS architectures, mechanisms, policies, in both secure world and normal world of ARM A/M/R cores Secure automotive hypervisor providing spatial and temporal isolations Safety & security mechanisms leveraging hardware security engines, such as HSM, SE, TrustZone, SecOC, etc. Secure communication middleware for on-vehicle (automotive) networks
Qualifications:Minimum of 10 years experience as technical, hands-on architect with Research and Development experiences, driving innovative solutions from prototype into commercialization Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields of study Rich and proven domain expert with micro-kernel-based OS security architecture development and research, capable of designing UNIX-like security solutions (isolation, identity and access management, crypto, DAC/MAC, etc.) on top of micro-kernel-based OS, for example, se L4 or other L4 Micro-kernel Deep understanding of the following technical areas (one or more) In-depth understanding of hardware security features from ARMv8 A/M/R cores, and HSM, SE, TrustZone, etc.In-depth understanding of automotive OS/hypervisor, including but not limited to se L4 (OS/hypervisor), QNX (OS/hypervisor), FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, Linux, etc.In-depth understanding of cryptography, PKI, authentication, signature, etc.In-depth understanding of network security and protocol security for SOME/IP, DDS, etc.Excellent team player with effective communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:Board-level development experiences Large scale software product development experiences OS/ hypervisor certification experiences
About NIO
NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China's premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO's mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive and convenient power solutions, innovative Battery as a Service (BaaS) program, and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater flagship premium electric SUV, in China in June 2018, and its variant, the 6-seater ES8, in March 2019. NIO officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018 and began deliveries of the ES6 in June 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater premium electric coupe SUV, in December 2019 and began deliveries of the EC6 in September 2020.
Equal Employment Opportunity
NIO is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, age, sex, ancestry, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, present or past history of mental disability, genetic information or any other classification protected by state or federal law.
NIO US is an E-Verify employer.
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Senior security architect job description example 2
Broadcom senior security architect job description
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Job Description:
Job Overview
Broadcom Services provide highly skilled expertise enabling our customers to architect, deploy and adopt our technologies using industry best practice.
Broadcom is seeking senior technical architects and consultants in support of rapidly growing technologies including:
Symantec Network Security:
Web Protection SuiteProxy
Symantec Data Security:
Data Loss PreventionCASBICA
Symantec Endpoint Security:
SES CompleteDCS
Key Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership to customers through analysis, design, implementation, and integration of Broadcom technologies identifying long-term objectives and strategies.Works in partnership with the project manager, sales, technical support and product engineering to ensure customer satisfaction. Lead the assessment of technical objectives and constraints, business objectives, regulatory requirements and budget to effectively implement product solutions that adhere to services best practices.Develop deployment packages, security policies, business processes, test plans and documentation in support of customer projects.Work closely with Broadcom technical support and product engineering to troubleshoot issues including root-cause analysis, provide resolution and recommendation of product enhancements.Meet target billable utilisation objective as assigned for this role.Lead ongoing maintenance and improvement of methodologies and document templates.Pursue, achieve, and maintain technical education and certifications.
Skills & Competencies
Bachelor's degree or higher, ideally in a technology related field.10+ years proven service delivery experience in enterprise security software.Hold and maintain relevant industry certifications e.g. CISSP.Knowledge of regulatory requirements, implementation standards.Deep understanding of delivering business value through IT software solutions.Assertive and tenacious, able to drive action to meet project goals.Strong relationship management experience within the enterprise software industry.Excellent written and oral communications skills; excellent presentation and public speaking skills.Strong coaching and mentoring skills.Business travel of approximately 75 percent or more yearly is expected for this position but must be able to successfully function with 100 percent remote work as needed to meet company and customer requirements.
Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.
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Job Description:
Job Overview
Broadcom Services provide highly skilled expertise enabling our customers to architect, deploy and adopt our technologies using industry best practice.
Broadcom is seeking senior technical architects and consultants in support of rapidly growing technologies including:
Symantec Network Security:
Web Protection SuiteProxy
Symantec Data Security:
Data Loss PreventionCASBICA
Symantec Endpoint Security:
SES CompleteDCS
Key Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership to customers through analysis, design, implementation, and integration of Broadcom technologies identifying long-term objectives and strategies.Works in partnership with the project manager, sales, technical support and product engineering to ensure customer satisfaction. Lead the assessment of technical objectives and constraints, business objectives, regulatory requirements and budget to effectively implement product solutions that adhere to services best practices.Develop deployment packages, security policies, business processes, test plans and documentation in support of customer projects.Work closely with Broadcom technical support and product engineering to troubleshoot issues including root-cause analysis, provide resolution and recommendation of product enhancements.Meet target billable utilisation objective as assigned for this role.Lead ongoing maintenance and improvement of methodologies and document templates.Pursue, achieve, and maintain technical education and certifications.
Skills & Competencies
Bachelor's degree or higher, ideally in a technology related field.10+ years proven service delivery experience in enterprise security software.Hold and maintain relevant industry certifications e.g. CISSP.Knowledge of regulatory requirements, implementation standards.Deep understanding of delivering business value through IT software solutions.Assertive and tenacious, able to drive action to meet project goals.Strong relationship management experience within the enterprise software industry.Excellent written and oral communications skills; excellent presentation and public speaking skills.Strong coaching and mentoring skills.Business travel of approximately 75 percent or more yearly is expected for this position but must be able to successfully function with 100 percent remote work as needed to meet company and customer requirements.
Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.
If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.
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Senior security architect job description example 3
Atlassian senior security architect job description
Working at Atlassian
Atlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or return to an office as they reopen (unless it's necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.
Behind every great human achievement, there is a team. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, our products help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software. Atlassian's mission is to help unleash the potential of every team. The Atlassian Trust Team's mission is to build trust in every team. We endeavor to lead our peers in cloud and product security, meet all customer requirements for cloud security and privacy, and exceed requirements for industry standards and certifications. A core part of our strategy is to design a trusted development process, production environment and platform that make it easy for Atlassian's own engineering teams to build trust into all of our cloud products. We are looking for an Sr. Architect that can help us build this trusted platform for all of our cloud products, while working in concert with the broader Trust Organization and all of Atlassian engineering.
About the Role:
The Senior Architect for Trust and Security is responsible for developing a principled and actionable vision for security, compliance, and trust efforts at Atlassian. They will work with a global team of over 100 security professionals to drive standards and architectural patterns that enhance security, privacy, and trust capabilities and reduce duplication of effort across all of Atlassian's cloud products.
As a senior technical leader, you would be asked to:Represent security, privacy, and anti-abuse perspectives among architects, product managers, and designers.Resolve ambiguity regarding emerging security needs outside the scope of existing teams, capabilities, and programs.Anticipate emerging opportunities and needs. Clarify context and roadmap; route them to a team or program - or propose creating one.Coordinate planning and requirements gathering when they pertain to multiple organizations, security teams, or programs.Act as the highest level for technical escalation for internal, customer, partner or vendor security questions.Publish, speak, or otherwise represent the Atlassian security organization publicly, and via internal conferences and knowledge sharing.
Some examples of platform architecture whose technical evolution you may help drive in your first year:Access management - creation of a centralized secret management system and integration of that system throughout our cloud infrastructure.Communication Security - unified strategy for VPC and environment segmentation cross our AWS infrastructure.Data Security - data classification and unification of classification into Continuous Control Monitoring and our Policy as Code effort.Operations - instrumentation of deployment pipeline to enable integration with production environment including asset attribution and security monitoring.
On your first day, we'll expect you to have:Extensive experience as a platform architect within an enterprise SaaS company with a global engineering organization and customer base.Expertise in SaaS architecture on AWS or other public clouds Deep technical knowledge in Security, Privacy, Compliance requirements.Experience with product and platform strategy in order to help prioritize projects, look for partnership opportunities and identify missing capabilities.Experience in making platform capabilities easy to discover and adopt for internal and external developers.Deep experience communicating complex technical topics to teams and individuals outside of security with varying levels of technical expertise.
Our perks & benefits
To support you at work and play, our perks and benefits include ample time off, an annual education budget, paid volunteer days, and so much more.
About Atlassian
The world's best teams work better together with Atlassian. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian software products help teams all over the planet. At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, explore our Candidate Resource Hub.
Atlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or return to an office as they reopen (unless it's necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.
Behind every great human achievement, there is a team. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, our products help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software. Atlassian's mission is to help unleash the potential of every team. The Atlassian Trust Team's mission is to build trust in every team. We endeavor to lead our peers in cloud and product security, meet all customer requirements for cloud security and privacy, and exceed requirements for industry standards and certifications. A core part of our strategy is to design a trusted development process, production environment and platform that make it easy for Atlassian's own engineering teams to build trust into all of our cloud products. We are looking for an Sr. Architect that can help us build this trusted platform for all of our cloud products, while working in concert with the broader Trust Organization and all of Atlassian engineering.
About the Role:
The Senior Architect for Trust and Security is responsible for developing a principled and actionable vision for security, compliance, and trust efforts at Atlassian. They will work with a global team of over 100 security professionals to drive standards and architectural patterns that enhance security, privacy, and trust capabilities and reduce duplication of effort across all of Atlassian's cloud products.
As a senior technical leader, you would be asked to:Represent security, privacy, and anti-abuse perspectives among architects, product managers, and designers.Resolve ambiguity regarding emerging security needs outside the scope of existing teams, capabilities, and programs.Anticipate emerging opportunities and needs. Clarify context and roadmap; route them to a team or program - or propose creating one.Coordinate planning and requirements gathering when they pertain to multiple organizations, security teams, or programs.Act as the highest level for technical escalation for internal, customer, partner or vendor security questions.Publish, speak, or otherwise represent the Atlassian security organization publicly, and via internal conferences and knowledge sharing.
Some examples of platform architecture whose technical evolution you may help drive in your first year:Access management - creation of a centralized secret management system and integration of that system throughout our cloud infrastructure.Communication Security - unified strategy for VPC and environment segmentation cross our AWS infrastructure.Data Security - data classification and unification of classification into Continuous Control Monitoring and our Policy as Code effort.Operations - instrumentation of deployment pipeline to enable integration with production environment including asset attribution and security monitoring.
On your first day, we'll expect you to have:Extensive experience as a platform architect within an enterprise SaaS company with a global engineering organization and customer base.Expertise in SaaS architecture on AWS or other public clouds Deep technical knowledge in Security, Privacy, Compliance requirements.Experience with product and platform strategy in order to help prioritize projects, look for partnership opportunities and identify missing capabilities.Experience in making platform capabilities easy to discover and adopt for internal and external developers.Deep experience communicating complex technical topics to teams and individuals outside of security with varying levels of technical expertise.
Our perks & benefits
To support you at work and play, our perks and benefits include ample time off, an annual education budget, paid volunteer days, and so much more.
About Atlassian
The world's best teams work better together with Atlassian. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian software products help teams all over the planet. At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, explore our Candidate Resource Hub.
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024