Security Architect (Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Risk Management, NIST, CISSP)

Job Description Security Architect (Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Risk Management, NIST, CISSP) Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid (4 Days WFO) Role Descriptions: Team Description: • The Information Security team partners with departments to advance technology and third-party information/cyber risk management capabilities that enable the Fund to compete effectively and take advantage of innovative technologies. • The Security Architecture Engineering team is responsible for: • Determining • Designing • Implementing security controls for the organization • Assessing the security level of applications Job Summary and Purpose: • As a Security Architect, you will lead pieces of architecture work for key CPP Investments systems and programs. • Collaborate with various stakeholders to help define the solution architecture and ensure it aligns with the enterprise vision and architecture strategy. Major Accountabilities: • Support the implementation and delivery of the CPP Investments architecture vision through: • Definition of architecture roadmaps • Transition architectures • Solution documents • Lead the design, development, and execution of security architecture strategies, ensuring alignment with: • Organization security objectives • Business goals • Design and implement security architecture solutions across all systems and applications. • Ensure architectures align with: • Industry best practices • Regulatory requirements • Continuously assess and improve: • Security processes • Procedures • Infrastructure • Ensure solutions are: • Effective • Efficient • Compliant • Help build and maintain the solution architecture lifecycle and methodology appropriate to the wider enterprise architecture and CPP Investments IT capabilities, including the definition of: • Artefacts • Deliverables • Models • Processes • Roles • Responsibilities • Function as a trusted security technical advisor who: • Collaborates with business and technical stakeholders • Sets direction • Builds consensus • Mediates conflicts • Helps drive optimum solutions • Ensure adherence to: • Architecture processes • Standards • Principles • Deliver solutions with: • High performance • Agility • Reuse • Deliver collaborative architecture decisions for: • Technical infrastructure • Application environments • Facilitate and contribute to architecture decisions for: • Business environments • Information environments Core Qualifications: • Undergraduate degree or college diploma in a related field. • 10+ years of relevant experience as a Security Architect. • Experience in information and cybersecurity, including: • Strategy design • Implementation • Monitoring • Experience providing strategic guidance in a large consulting organization is a plus. • Deep technical or operational experience with broad knowledge across security disciplines such as: • Access management • Cloud security • Risk management • Experience with security frameworks: • NIST CSF • Experience with leading security technologies. • Experience with Palo Alto SASE solution preferred. • Possess one or more of the following industry certifications: • CISSP • CISA • CISM • CCSP – Certified Cloud Security Professional • SABSA – Security Architecture • Other industry-recognized Information Security certifications Essential Skills: • Information Security architecture experience. • Experience designing and implementing security controls. • Experience assessing application security levels. • Experience with: • Security architecture strategies • Cloud security • Access management • Risk management • Security frameworks • Security technologies Experience Required: • 10+ years of experience.