Security Architect

Tekgence Private Ltd - San Mateo, CA

Full-time - Senior

San Mateo, CA

About the position

The Security Architect role at TEKGENCE INC involves defining and implementing security requirements based on business needs and information security policies. The position requires extensive experience in information security technology, governance, and audit, with a focus on ensuring compliance and risk mitigation across networks and applications.

Responsibilities

• Assist Client to define Security requirements based upon Business needs and their Information Security Policy
• Evaluate the organization's information security policies and ensure they meet industry requirements
• Define governance structure for the organization's policies
• Develop required processes to support policy implementation
• Develop policies and procedures and performance metrics to evaluate policy implementation
• Review Policy Controls & Known gaps
• Review Infrastructure Layout & Risk Profiling
• Ensure and enforce security controls in the area of Networks and Applications to drive policy compliance and risk mitigation
• Control and manage access rights to the information system and assets
• Escalate and report to CERT/CISO
• Provide evaluation supporting internal audits and evaluating Security Incidents
• Perform evidence gathering to validate compliance and report audit results to oversight bodies
• Maintain documentation required for security assessments, audits, and internal control testing
• Develop appropriate security controls for unauthorized external access

Requirements

• Minimum 12 years' experience in Information Security Technology
• Good understanding of IT security policy, procedure, design, and implementation
• Deep knowledge of Governance and audit
• Experience with implementation of corrective action programs
• Extensive knowledge on security models such as ITIL, ISO27002, SOX, PCI DSS, and Cobit 5