Bachelor’s degree in a computer-related field such as computer science, cyber/information security discipline, physics, mathematics or similar
Master’s degree in business administration, information security, human resource management,
Architecture: TOGAF/SABSA or similar
Agile: Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
General Information Security: CISSP, CISM/CISA or similar
Experiences (Years & Type) • Industry • Regional • Functional
Banking or e-Commerce Industry experience of at least 2-3 years is necessary.
Experience in the regional sector is not necessary but will be desirable since Middle East regulations apply heavily.
Must have a minimum 7-10 years of experience in an Infrastructure and Security function with good background in information technology, stakeholder management and people management.
Minimum 3-5 years’ experience, as an Infrastructure and Security Architect
Minimum 3-5 years’ experience as an Enterprise & Data Architect
Prior experience managing a team of 3-5 individuals.
Budgeting, creating slide decks and presentation skills.
Define, Document and implement the infra & security architecture for the IT projects including but not limited to the following:
Authentication & authorization
Account administration controls (provisioning, segregation of duties, validation, attestation, etc.)
Auditing of critical security related events
Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of the system and data.
The architect should have sound knowledge on enterprise level target architecture in On Premises, public and private cloud platforms (IaaS/PaaS)
Good hands-on experience solutioning technology architectures that involve securing web and mobile applications, identity management integration, perimeter protection, core protection and end-point protection/detection & API /Micro services Security.
Good knowledge of the concerns and threats that revolve around Cloud Security and how those concerns can be mitigated (Technical)
Deep foundational knowledge, understanding and application on all aspects of Information Security concepts from broad range of technical and non- technical areas (Technical)The architect has the skill to follow design principles and applies design patterns to enforce maintainable, readable, and reusable patterns, in the form of code or otherwise.
The architect can understand the application architecture and interpret potential issues found in source or compiled code.
The architect has automation skills/capability in the form of scripting or similar.
The architect can propose options for solutions to the security requirements / patterns that provide a balance of security, user experience & performance.
The architect has the skill to discuss and present solutions to other architecture, security, development, and leadership teams.
The architect can interpret and understand vulnerability assessment reports and calculate inherent and/or residual risks based on the assessment of such reports.
Ability to articulate and be a persuasive leader who can serve as an effective member of the senior management team. Good negotiation skills will be desirable.
Must have good judgment skills in order to decide on an exception approval.
Ability to enforce improvements when necessary using Influence rather than Policing measures.
Superior written and verbal communication skills in order to effectively communicate security threats and recommendations to technical or non-technical stakeholders.
Knowledge of application of Agile methodologies/principles such as Scrum or Kanban
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure design for various business & Technology Initiatives
Acts as expert for infrastructure teams in the plan, design, and delivery of IT solutions
Advises teams of IT technology standard requirements, methodology and processes.
Maintenance of Policies & Standard Decisions for Infra Design
Ensure delivery of cost effective & high-quality design within timelines of the project / initiative.
Delivery and Maintenance of Infra model as design assets using design and architecture tools.
Design of integrated solution for software defined datacentre
Engage with partners & vendors to baseline Infra design decisions.
Participates in proof of concepts to assist in defining technology direction and enabling business strategy.
Manage relevant stakeholders & sign off authorities for closure and transition of design to provision.
Acquire knowledge and take over design aspects of newly on boarded technologies in Infra.
Review other domains of design such as application, services, and data to identify impact areas in Infra and Other domains
Deploying Enterprise architecture on AWS / Azure
Implementing AWS (or equivalent) services in variety of distributed computing environments
Integration of AWS cloud service with on-premises systems.
Migrating workloads from on-premises systems to AWS cloud using appropriate tools and technology
Key Work-Related Tasks and Performance Indicators: -
The Technical Architect needs to understand the IT landscape in detail from a capability standpoint.
Aware of the Enterprise Architecture design principles
Ensure 100% compliance to standards / principles set by Bank / Enterprise Architect in solution design
Maintain high degree of Relationship and professional rapport with any IT / Partner / Business stakeholder being dealt with for the overall requirement.
Deliver high quality specs and ensure 100% completeness of solution.
Perform effective design reviews to ensure that no gaps are created in design.
Design sustainable and high performing solution
Provide Security solution on AWS and security best practices.
Infrastructure capacity sizing, costing of AWS services to drive optimized solution architecture.
monitoring and performance tuning of deployed applications on AWS.
Use appropriate tools and technologies for cloud management (monitoring, patching, backup, etc…)
