Information Security Analyst - Security Architect

At ICON, it's our people that set us apart.

As a global provider of drug development solutions, our work is serious business. But that doesn't mean you can't have fun while you do it. With our vision to be the partner of choice in drug development, we hire only the best and brightest in the industry! Are you one of them?

At ICON, we have an incredible opportunity for a Security Architect to join the team in our Chennai, India location.

ICONs mission is to help our customers accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve the quality of life. The Security Architect will play a key role in ensuring good practice security standards and architecture models are designed, documented, implemented and maintained throughout ICON systems, cloud and integrations globally.

The Role:

Reporting to a member of the Information Security Management team, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Perform reviews of new business solutions and ensure they meet security requirements and objectives
• Create high-level security requirements for key security projects
• Create and maintain security architecture artifacts (patterns, blueprints, building blocks, guardrails) aligned with information security policies that can be reused for new solutions and initiatives
• Develop and collaborate on security roadmaps and strategies based on enterprise architecture practices
• Develop component and physical architectures in collaboration with IT and the business to enable security-by-design
• Coordinates with IT Operations and Software Development teams to design and build secure solutions and services in standardized and automatable patterns
• Collaborate with other teams for joint design sessions and decisions
• Represents Information Security across the enterprise and plays a key role in communicating the policies, goals, and road map of the team.
• Collaborates with Enterprise Architecture, Innovation & Analytics, IT, Cybersecurity
• Performs threat modeling on new applications, systems, and services
• Leads complex projects/issues that require in-depth knowledge across multiple technical areas
• Ensure that defined security models are adhered to on an on-going basis.
• Ability to relate technical issues to non-technical associates / business owners
• Demonstrate a strong awareness of the current threat landscape.
• Support MAD (Mergers, acquisitions & Divestment) activities

Required Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will have experience of operating in a technically complex, fast changing and dynamic environment. Working as part of a global security team the Security Architect must be a proven self-starter, have excellent organisational and communications skills. The ideal candidate will have a genuine passion for Information Security and have the ability to maintain composure in pressure situations. Skills and experience in the following areas is a must:

• NIST cybersecurity framework
• MITRE ATT&CK Framework
• Architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF, SABSA
• Solid understanding of SOAR
• Solid understanding of vulnerability management
• Information Security Standards
• Strong knowledge of Operating systems
• Application layer attacks
• Strong understanding of Encryption Protocols
• Strong understanding of Network Security
• Strong knowledge of Mobile Security
• Experience of network-based User Behavior Analytics
• Strong understanding of Layered Security
• Strong Knowledge of Cloud Architecture

Qualifications

• At least 9+ years of IT experience, including 5 years of combined experience in Information Security and Security Architecture.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or related IT field or equivalent experience

• One or more common security certifications, such as CISSP, SANS GIAC (distinct advantage)
• One or more common security architect certifications, such as SANS GIAC (distinct advantage), SABSA
• Hands-on multi-cloud experience, with one or more certifications
• Presented on security topics at security conferences