Security Architect - Platform Engineering

Must haves:

3 years+ technical knowledge and practical experience in information security in a large-scale enterprise or telecommunications industry environments.

5 years experience and advanced understanding of information security concepts related to private and public cloud providers and services, and key cloud design concepts such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and their differences as well as M365 security with specific coverage of E5 security capabilities.

Able to translate the technical security jargon into clearly understood business language.

Experience in conducting risk assessments in accordance with a recognized risk assessment/management methodology.

Engineering degree or equivalent (networking, computing/computer science, etc). Pure work experience also accepted.

Good understanding or above of software-defined concepts and technologies (SDN) as well as NFV concepts and technologies.

Understanding of network technologies (Role of Switches/Routers in network, TCP/IP IP stack, Knowledge of protocols such as HTTPS, SNMP, NTP, Telnet, SSH) as well as security enabling technologies (Firewalls, IDS/IPS, content filtering platforms, proxies, DMZ, anti-malware, anti-spam, anti-ransomware, anti-DDOS, NAC and MDM technologies)

Entry level experience of UNIX and/ or MS Windows including Active Directory.

Strong team player able to lead small teams of senior architects/engineers, drive projects and activities.

Good presenting and inter-personal skills (C-level, customer meetings, vendor management, speaking at conferences, publishing thought leadership, active participation to SDOs and other industry forums)

Good combination of creative and analytical skills, able to deliver complex documents and "connect the dots".

Might haves:

Experience in AI (LLM) security, guardails, DLP, understanding of risk such as Prompt Injection and Model Poisioning etc.

Good understanding of Telecoms Security Act requirements, contained with the Code of Practise.

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