Cybersecurity Architect at Canaccord Genuity designing proactive security solutions. Collaborating with Security team and implementing Microsoft Defender Suite across hybrid environments.
Responsibilities
Architect, design, and implement proactive, defense-in-depth security solutions aligned with zero trust principles and industry best practices across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Collaborate closely with the Security team and Enterprise Technology leadership to align security architecture with business objectives, technical infrastructure, and organizational risk tolerance.
Lead enterprise-wide deployment, integration, and optimization of the Microsoft Defender Suite (Defender for Endpoint, Cloud, Identity, Office 365) and complementary security platforms for comprehensive threat detection and response.
Design and oversee identity and access management (IAM) strategies, including Azure AD, conditional access, privileged access management (PAM), and privileged password vaulting solutions.
Architect network security and application protection solutions including secure segmentation, zero trust network access, load balancing, web application firewalls, and secure remote access frameworks.
Design vulnerability management, network detection and response (NDR), and secure access service edge (SASE) architectures to provide end-to-end security visibility and threat prevention.
Conduct threat modeling, security assessments, and architecture reviews to identify risks and implement strategic security enhancements across legacy and modern systems.
Serve as a change agent, driving security culture transformation and adoption of security best practices through mentoring, training, presentations, and executive communication.
Provide strategic security governance guidance aligned with compliance frameworks and risk tolerance; present complex technical concepts to all organizational levels.
Drive innovation by evaluating and implementing emerging security technologies, methodologies, and threat intelligence.
Requirements
Minimum 3+ years architecting enterprise security solutions with deep expertise in proactive threat prevention and zero trust architecture.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Defender Suite (Defender for Endpoint, Cloud, Identity, Office 365); SC-100/SC-200/SC-300 or equivalent certification or in-progress.
Strong hands-on experience architecting identity and access management (IAM), including cloud directory services, conditional access policies, privileged access management (PAM), and privileged credential management platforms.
Proven expertise designing network security architectures: zero trust segmentation, load balancing, web application firewalls, SASE platforms, and secure remote access solutions.
Demonstrated proficiency with vulnerability management platforms, network detection and response (NDR) tools, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.
Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience.
CISSP or equivalent advanced certification is a strong benefit.
Strong understanding of threat modeling, security architecture frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001), and compliance requirements relevant to financial services (SOC 2, PCI-DSS).
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