SCS Financial · 22 hours ago
Cybersecurity Solutions Architect
St Louis, MO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $220K/yr
5+ years expSCS Financial is a leading financial services firm seeking a highly skilled Cybersecurity Solutions Architect to join their dynamic team. The role involves designing and implementing robust security systems to protect the organization's IT infrastructure from potential threats and vulnerabilities, requiring a deep understanding of cybersecurity principles and the latest security technologies.
Financial Services
Hiring Manager
Sterling Freeman
Responsibilities
The Security Architect is principally responsible for researching, designing, and integrating information security solutions and controls across the enterprise in a way that is transparent to end users, supports executive strategies, and fundamentally ensures the security of the information Focus is entrusted to protect
Conducting industry research on new and emerging security technologies in support of enhancing and maintaining evolving corporate strategies to ensure that security solutions will exhibit high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability and reliability
The Security Architect will be responsible for security architecture, review internal and external IT projects and applications for risk and adherence to security policies, standards, and industry best practices. Must define, document and design secure infrastructure and application architectures within the primary tenants of Availability, Integrity and Confidentiality
Drive and implement key security strategies within the 90+ Focus Financial Partners firms designed to protect disparate environments world-wide from threats
Partner with and provide information security expertise to the Focus Financial Partners firms. Asses current risks and document their existing security controls
Review, assess and signoff on business projects with respect to risk and adherence to security policies, standards, and industry best practices for data protection of Company and client data
Perform analyses of IT security systems to identify potential vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. This involves examining every aspect of the system's architecture, configurations, and protocols to uncover hidden flaws, and assessing the effectiveness of existing security measures
End-to-End enterprise-wide tier III troubleshooting of network, desktop, server (hardware & software) and application performance & connectivity as it relates to Information Security. Participate in Incident Response Teams (IRT) as necessary by providing tier III support to mitigate active security incidents
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field or equivalent experience
At least 5-7 years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on security architecture and design
Must have extensive experience in deploying and securing environments, specifically with solutions related to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), identity management, email protection, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and leveraging Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP). This includes a deep understanding of the intricacies involved in setting up and maintaining these solutions, ensuring robust security measures are in place, and effectively managing identities across various platforms
Must have experience securing cloud environments such as AWS and Azure
Experience with assessment, development, implementation, integration, optimization, and documentation of a comprehensive and broad set of security technologies and processes
Strong knowledge of enterprise security concepts/frameworks and products, secure design principles and best practices
Familiarity with top security frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27000 series, COBIT, etc
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Must be able to quickly and succinctly architect and create technical solution documentation
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Preferred
Experience with API Gateways and other common web application technologies is preferred
Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CEH are highly desirable
Benefits
Annual cash bonus
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
SCS Financial
SCS Financial is an investment and wealth management firm based in Boston. It is a sub-organization of Focus Financial Partners.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2012-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Lane MacDonald
Chief Investment Officer and Chair of Investment Committee
Recent News
2025-12-10
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