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Platform Architect – Security (IC5) designs enterprise security architecture, enforces cybersecurity frameworks, and safeguards digital infrastructure, requires a Computer Science Degree, CISSP/CISM, and 10+ years security architecture experience.\n\nJob Purpose\n\nThe Platform Architect – Security provides senior technical architecture expertise for securing ETG’s platform and infrastructure environments. 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on identity, privileged access, encryption, workload protection and secure configuration.\n\nEnsures security requirements are considered across compute, storage, network and platform services.\n\nReviews cloud and infrastructure designs for security risks and control gaps.\n\nSupports secure adoption of emerging infrastructure and cloud technologies.\n\nWorks with engineering teams to resolve complex security design issues.\n\nNetwork and Connectivity Security\n\nProvides security architecture guidance for enterprise, cloud and hybrid network environments.\n\nDesigns approaches for network segmentation, secure connectivity, access control and isolation.\n\nAssesses security implications of network architecture changes.\n\nWorks with network architects and engineers to address complex security requirements.\n\nSupports secure connectivity between enterprise platforms, cloud environments and external services.\n\nPromotes defence-in-depth principles across platform architectures.\n\nSecurity Risk and Architecture Assurance\n\nPerforms architecture-level security risk assessments for significant technology initiatives.\n\nIdentifies security threats, vulnerabilities and architectural weaknesses.\n\nRecommends appropriate security controls and risk treatments.\n\nReviews architecture proposals for alignment with approved security principles and requirements.\n\nSupports security architecture reviews and technical assurance activities.\n\nDocuments significant security architecture decisions, risks and exceptions.\n\nSecurity Patterns and Technical Standards\n\nDevelops reusable security architecture patterns for platform and infrastructure environments.\n\nContributes specialist security requirements to technical standards and architecture guidance.\n\nPromotes consistent application of secure-by-design practices.\n\nReviews emerging security technologies and evaluates their applicability.\n\nIdentifies opportunities to improve security 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