Senior Enterprise Architect - Security - hybrid

Reporting to the Head of Architecture, the Senior Enterprise Architect in this direct hire role works closely with the Application Development, Infrastructure, Security, Data & Analytics, and PMO teams to provide overall architecture leadership across the client. The Senior Enterprise Architect must possess deep technology experiences within Security to build out the architecture vision, strategy, and capability roadmap. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience envisioning and translating overall architecture with business needs via transformation roadmaps, establishing target architecture and standards for the organization, building consensus, and providing guidance in the selling and execution within solution development processes of options and reuse points.Columbus preferred, but Chicago (Merrillville, IN) or a PA location is also possible. If they are local, they will come in two to three days a week. About half remote and half onsite.Essential FunctionsProvides senior level expertise on overall direction, guidance, definition, decisions, and priorities regarding the enterprise's overall architecture to effectively support the organization business strategy.Interact with business leaders, IT leaders, vendors and industry experts to translate business requirements, understand options to capabilities, and create architecture blueprints and high-level solution designs for the most complex architectural components of a program.Strategy – Interfaces across several business areas, acting as a visionary to proactively assist in defining direction for future projects. Help business leaders and their teams think through the technology, business and operational implications of their technology investment decisions.Execution – Reviews, advises, and designs standard software and hardware builds, system options, risks, costs versus benefits, and impact on the enterprise business process and goals. Be the architecture thought leader and trusted go-to partner for Product and Engineering leadership across the organization, recommending innovative solutions to improve live and new system architectures.Operations – Facilitates the establishment and implementation of standards and reference material that guides the design of technology solutions. Lead architectural collaboration and governing processes including Architecture Review Boards, Solution Architecture reviews, exception management, and related processes.Innovation – Responsible for researching, analyzing, designing, proposing, and delivering solutions that are appropriate for the business and technologies strategies. Tracks industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies to better serve the enterprise's architecture needs.Required Qualifications for PositionBachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work experience10+ years of relevant enterprise-wide architecture, including deep understanding of various aspects of Security capabilities listed: Vulnerability Management, Network Security, Identity Management, Firewall Management, End Point Protection, Risk Management, Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), Data Loss Prevention, IPS/IDS, Cloud Services, IoT / OT Security, Data Encryption (In Motion and at Rest), Automation (DevSecOps)Experience within security architecture design, risk and asset management, policy and compliance, system evaluation and integration, incident response and monitoring.Stay updated on emerging threats, hacker methodologies, and security standards.Experience in directing and mentoring other architects in the team and across the organization.Expertise in security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, etc.Professional certifications like CISSP, CISM are highly valuedExperience with on-premise solutions and cloud platforms on Azure, AWS.Deep knowledge of API-first design patternsTechnology skills across multiple IT domains (e.g. application, data, infrastructure, security)Strong consultative skills at a cross-functional levelStrong skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and LeanIXKnowledge of TOGAF, ITIL, and other architecture / business process frameworksExperience in application development, systems management, and/or project management is a plusLeadership competencies in: Organizing and Setting Priorities – Managing and Measuring Work – Peer Relationships – Continuous Improvement – Motivating Others – Self-motivated; capable of managing multiple tasksReference:1056210J-18808-Ljbffr