Cyber Security Architect

Cyber Security Architect

Location: Ireland (Remote working options available)

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations.

With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.

Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.

The Role:

We are seeking a Cyber Security Architect to join our global, award winning Security team.

The Cyber Security team is based in Dublin, in our state of the art Cyber Security operations center facility. The 25+ growing team is passionate, friendly and committed. We advise, guide and service all business units in terms of security architecture and security engineering including securing the SDLC.

You will be supporting the strategy from an enterprise security architecture and security engineering perspective.

The team are proud winners of a recent CSO50 award for the PRA Integration project. The CSO50 Awards recognize 50 security projects and initiatives that demonstrate outstanding business value and thought leadership. We give all our staff SANS training every year and fully supportive of enabling our team members to get to security conferences.

If you are an experienced Cyber Security professional, or a Senior Technical expert as a Cloud or Network Architect, looking for a move into Cyber Security as a next career step, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Performing reviews of new business solutions and ensure they meet security requirements and objectives.

• Creating high-level security requirements for key security projects.

• Creating and maintaining security architecture artefacts (patterns, blueprints, building blocks, guardrails) aligned with information security policies that can be reused for new solutions and initiatives.

• Developing and collaborating on security roadmaps and strategies based on enterprise architecture practices.

• Developing component and physical architectures in collaboration with IT and the business to enable security-by-design.

• Coordinating with IT Operations and Software Development teams to design and build secure solutions and services in standardized and automatable patterns.

• Representing Information Security across the enterprise and playing a key role in communicating the policies, goals, and road map of the team.

• Collaborating with Enterprise Architecture, Innovation & Analytics, IT, Cybersecurity.

• Performing threat modelling on new applications, systems, and services as required.

• Leading complex projects/issues that require in-depth knowledge across multiple technical areas across common enterprise architecture domains

• Ensuring defined security models are adhered to on an on-going basis.

• Supporting MAD (Mergers, acquisitions & Divestment) activities.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• Certifications: Relevant certs e.g. (ISC)2 CISSP, ISACA CISM/CISA/CRISC

• Architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF v9, SABSA and COBIT

• One or more common security architect certifications, such as SANS GDSA, SABSA

• Hands-on multi-cloud experience, with one or more certifications

• Familiar with the laws, regulations, industry standards and guidance pertaining to Data Protection and Information Security

• Ability to relate technical issues to non-technical associates / business owners

• Demonstrate a strong technical background (OS, Encryption, Network Security, Mobile Security)

• Demonstrate a strong awareness of the current threat landscape.

Domains: We are ideally looking for subject matter expertise in one of the following as your primary domain:

• IAM

• Physical

• Network

• Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP

Benefits of Working in ICON:

Our success depends on the knowledge, capabilities and quality of our people. That's why we are committed to developing our employees in a continuous learning culture - one where we challenge you with engaging work and where every experience adds to your professional development.

At ICON, our focus is to provide you with a comprehensive and competitive total reward package that comprises, not only an excellent level of base pay, but also a wide range of variable pay and recognition programs. In addition, our best in class employee benefits, supportive policies and wellbeing initiatives are tailored to support you and your family at all stages of your career - both now, and into the future.

ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.

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