Security Architect

Job Title:
Security Architect
Job ID:
90634
Location:
Calgary, Alberta
What you will be doing:Security Architecture & Design
Develop and maintain enterprise security architecture frameworks and reference models across on?premise, hybrid, and multi?cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Design secure network topologies, segmentation strategies, VPN/SD?WAN configurations, and perimeter controls to minimize attack surface and blast radius.
Define and enforce secure-by-design principles, clean?core patterns, and standardized security controls for infrastructure, applications, and cloud services.
Risk Management & Threat Modeling
Lead threat modeling workshops to identify attack vectors, enumerate threat scenarios, and define mitigation strategies tied to business risk.
Conduct vulnerability testing, risk analyses, and security assessments across systems, networks, and applications.
Prepare and maintain a security risk management plan, including remediation roadmaps and prioritized control implementation.
Governance, Compliance & Policy
Ensure compliance with evolving laws, regulations, and industry standards (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI?DSS).
Define security assurance requirements and ensure all acquired or developed systems align with organizational cybersecurity policies.
Document security policies, procedures, architecture decisions, and technical reports.
Identity, Access & Cloud Security
Architect IAM frameworks including RBAC, least privilege, PAM, SSO, and integration with SAML/OAuth/OpenID Connect providers.
Develop cloud security guardrails, secure provisioning templates, and IaC scanning standards to ensure consistent cloud hardening.
Validate cloud-native controls and ensure secure deployment patterns across containerized and serverless environments.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with engineering, DevOps, product, and operations teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, container scanning, IaC scanning).
Collaborate with business units to establish an effective cybersecurity risk management program.
Communicate security trade-offs, architectural decision, and risk impacts to executives and non?technical stakeholders.
Incident Preparedness & Continuity
Recognize and define disaster recovery and business continuity requirements, including failover and backup strategies.
Support incident response teams with architectural guidance during cybersecurity events.
What you must have:
Senior Experience (7 years +) of network security, cloud security, application security, endpoint protection, and threat detection systems. Experience with security tools such as SIEM, SOAR, vulnerability scanners, and cloud-native security platforms.
You have demonstrable understanding and experience of the following – ‘A Cyber Security Architect plays a critical role in protecting the organization from evolving threats. Poor judgment or flawed designs can introduce exploitable vulnerabilities that jeopardize business operations and data integrity.’
Experience in designing and implementing security architectures for large organizations.
Salary/Rate:
$140.00/ hour
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