Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta · 6 hours ago
Federal Reserve Financial Services Senior/Enterprise Security Architect (ATL, KC, CHI or NY)
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
15+ years expFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is a key provider of payments services to financial institutions and markets. They are seeking a Senior Enterprise Security Architect to design and implement security architectures, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and alignment with strategic objectives.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Maintains expert-level knowledge of emerging technology trends and utilizes this knowledge to design innovative solutions that support and drive business objectives and technology roadmaps
Maintains expert-level knowledge of the current industry threat landscape as well as threats applicable to specific FRFS products, solutions, or technologies
Leads establishment and maintenance of security controls and compliance measures, ensuring alignment with industry regulations and organizational policies
Leads and/or participates in developing policies, standards, guidelines, detailed implementation patterns, and procedures to identify and reduce risk in partnership with application development and operational teams
Provides expert-level leadership on assignments to develop target logical and technical security architectures for products and solutions
Applies comprehensive knowledge to review and align product choices to ensure that security architecture standards, service quality, security, scalability, and cost efficiency goals are met
Serves as primary lead on security architecture reviews of products and systems to evaluate and ensure that the architecture being applied meets policies, principles, standards, and business/technology needs
Conducts security assessments of internal systems, applications, or third-party products as part of continuous monitoring and risk management processes
Evaluates current state architectures to identify security weaknesses and opportunities for improvements through threat modeling analysis, control assessments, and technical application assessments
Serves as subject matter expert to collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security services into the application development and deployment processes. Directly influences security improvements across the entire technology stack
Fosters a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration among cross functional teams related to security solutions and best practices
Develops close relationships with key stakeholders and external partners to ensure contemporary thinking, including the FRFS Technology Leadership Team, FRFS Leadership Team, and National IT stakeholders, with particular emphasis on collaboration with the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer to ensure complementary actions and avoid duplicative services
Provides leadership, guidance, and mentoring others including creating and maintaining documentation, guidelines, and training materials for security solutions, processes, and best practices
Takes a leading role in developing and maintaining security control solutions that meet the organization's requirements including provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and management of on-premise and cloud resources
Develops differentiated security patterns based on business requirements and/or sensitivity of the assets being protected. E.g., critical payment systems vs. systems that host publicly available information
Represents cyber security in the development and implementation of the overall enterprise architecture. Acts as the ambassador and senior technical representative for security while engaging with other senior technical leaders
Qualification
Required
Strong experience in designing and implementing secure connectivity solutions for hybrid environments
Working knowledge/experience deploying Zero Trust Architecture is a plus
Strong experience in secure identity federation and customer identity and access management (CIAM) solutions
Deep understanding of modern encryption techniques, including symmetric and asymmetric encryption, key management, and hardware security modules (HSMs)
Strong understanding of the SDLC and techniques used to address secure coding practices such as DAST, SAST, and Threat Modeling
Strong experience using and securing CI/CD pipelines
Understanding of modern infrastructure practices such as Infrastructure as Code, container based deployments, Zero Trust Architecture, and use of SaaS/PaaS services
Experience in designing and implementing security logging, monitoring, and incident response controls
Experience automating manual processes
Demonstrated ability to use quantitative evidence to justify a security design or risk management decision
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, specifically having experience communicating to executive teams and business stakeholders
Understanding and working experience with risk management and control frameworks (NIST 800-53) and industry best practices
Bachelor's degree specializing in an information technology field from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and/or work experience
Expert-level positions may require 12+ years of experience and demonstrated leadership in information security architecture
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification or other IS industry certification required
Preferred
Cloud and Container Security (preferred but not required) including infrastructure-as-code, serverless, container, and securing hybrid cloud/on-premise solutions
Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred
Requires at least 15 years' experience and Masters' Degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred for Sr. Architect level
Master's degree specializing in an information technology field from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and/or work experience preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive healthcare options (Medical, Dental, and Vision)
401K match, and a fully funded pension plan
Paid vacation and holidays, flexible work environment
Generously subsidized public transportation
Education Assistance Program
Professional development programs, training and conferences
And more…
Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta offers to promote consumer protection and community development.
1001-5000 employees
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