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Security Architect

As a Security Architect you know how important a highly secured IT environment is for organizations and you would like to commit yourself to this. Does your passion lie in developing a security architecture that seamlessly matches the wishes and requirements of customers? Then this position is perfect for you!

What are you good at

• Conceptual and analytical thinking
• Versatile and creative work
• Communication skills (orally and in writing)
• Making decisions
• Acting as a sparring partner for technicians (engineers, administrators), project leaders and (medior and senior) management
• Organizational sensitivity
• Inquiring and thinking through
• Thinking from the customer’s point of view
• Solution- and result-oriented thinking and working
• Able to work in (project) teams

What are you going to do

• Stakeholder management
• Prepare requirements analyses
• Translate business requirements into technical architecture (i.e., roadmaps, target architectures/blueprints, high level designs)
• Perform GAP analyses
• Drafting decision papers
• Presenting/propagating architectural designs and visions
• Setting up/structuring and managing design offices/partnerships
• Solving complex (customer) issues based on strategic, economic and operational criteria
• Drafting PSAs within projects at our customers
• Guiding and coaching employees (e.g. solution architects, engineers) during implementation processes
• Ensuring the security of customer data
• Designing hybrid or private cloud infrastructures
• Advising (management) of our customers regarding Working under Architecture

What we ask

Our new Security Architect has strong communication skills and written skills (in both Dutch and English), had a B driving license and meets the following requirements:

• You have completed a HBO/WO education in a relevant direction
• You have recent knowledge and at least 5 years of experience as a Security Architect in a complex and security-sensitive environment
• You have in-depth knowledge and experience with security risks, analytics, network and data security
• In addition, it is important that you enjoy working in a dynamic environment with very diverse IT landscapes
• SOC, SIEM, SOAR, CASB and thread Intelligence are topics that you have often dealt with in your work
• You have experience in designing new and existing IT security solutions
• You preferably already have relevant certifications in the field of Security (e.g., CISSP, CCSP and/or CCNP Security), or you are prepared to obtain such certifications
• You preferably have (via certification) demonstrable knowledge of Cloud technology and infrastructures (for example Amazon AWS and/or Microsoft Azure)
• It is an advantage if you have knowledge of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and SABSA
• You are enterprising, sensitive to the environment, eager to learn, result-oriented, positive and you can think conceptually.

Safety first. In addition to the above, we request a positive Certificate of Conduct, and we expect that all activities are carried out in accordance with the information security policy (ISO27001).