App Security Architect

This is an excellent opportunity for App Security Architect with a focus on Dynamics 365, Microsoft CRM, and Salesforce to join our team.

This role involves designing and implementing security measures for applications, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance overall security posture.

Cognizant's Infrastructure Services Practice provides end-to-end solutions covering architecture, design, implementation, management, and on-going support across the entire enterprise technology infrastructure.

Our services include a spectrum of management, consulting, and systems integration services to help our clients maximize value in their infrastructure resources, while optimizing infrastructure performance and cost.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of security measures for applications built on Dynamics 365, Microsoft CRM, and Salesforce.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Provide expert guidance on security best practices to development teams during the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct regular security assessments and vulnerability testing to identify and mitigate risks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security controls into application architectures.
• Develop and deliver security training programs to enhance the security awareness of team members.
• Monitor and respond to security incidents, ensuring timely resolution and documentation.
• Evaluate and recommend security tools and technologies to enhance the organizations security posture.
• Ensure that security requirements are met during the deployment and operation of applications.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into security solutions.
• Provide regular reports on the status of application security to senior management.
• Stay updated with the latest security trends, threats, and technologies to continuously improve security practices.
• Support the development of security-related documentation, including risk assessments and compliance reports.
• Requirements Gathering
• Work with customer on refining business requirements
• Ensure that the business requirements covers functional and non functional requirements
• Ensure that the business requirements covers user volumetric growth projection and business expansion roadmap
• Support customers to define the requirements roadmap building business case.
• The ideal candidate should have experience and a strong background in the Utilities domain.

Required Skills:

• Strong background in Dynamics 365, Microsoft CRM, and Salesforce with a focus on security.
• Demonstrate experience in the Utilities domain, understanding its unique security challenges.
• Experience in application security.
• Show proficiency in conducting security assessments and vulnerability testing.
• Exhibit excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Display a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks

Design & Analysis:

• Responsible for Architecture and Infrastructure Design
• Coordinate team members for POC execution to realize Architecture implementation
• Responsible for security system design
• Responsible for Capacity planning and Sizing
• Participate Architecture review with customer and product vendors
• Design reusable components/frameworks
• Perform usage analysis of existing reusable design components / frameworks
• Internal Technical audit for IAM/Data Security projects

Coding:

• Code Review and Recommendations

Testing:

• Oversee Unit Integration and performance testing
• Review test results

Documentation:

• Technical and SDLC documentation review is expected

Change Management:

• Adopt enforce ensure adherence of change management process within projects

Deployment:

• Setup & own software engineering processes such as build processes source control systems development practices to ensure high quality delivery
• Design automated deployment scripts Data Migration tools

Defect Management:

• Participate in Defect triage process and drive resolution process

Coaching & Facilitating:

• Mentor the team on translating requirements to design
• Provide guidance and share best practices for design and implementation
• Provide guidance on technology selection and solution fitment approach for security requirements
• Participate in recruitment drives

Project Estimation:

• Define standard estimation templates
• Define generic IAM Data security questionnaire for RFP/RFI/Assessment
• Do Project estimation (resource timeline cost) for RFP/RFI and Customer projects

Resource/ Efforts Estimation and Monitoring:

• Review Effort estimation of large size projects
• Process Improvements and Adherence
• Architecture review Performance improvement Optimization suggestions
• Technical audit review Suggest service improvement areas
• Ensure that the developed system is consistent with the defined architecture: review design and code to meet architecture requirements
• Adopts /refines best practices based on project requirements

Knowledge Management:

• Contribution to IAM internal competency
• Reusable assets consolidation
• Provide technology POV Share project implementation best practices
• Conduct on demand technical training and explore new products/new services
• Contribution to Data Security internal competency
• Share project implementation best practices
• Explore new products and technologies on Data protection

People management:

• 'Manage a sizeable project team with 15~30 members
• Responsible for people recognition's appraisals and feedback

Business Development:

• Contribution to Business pre sales (RFP RFP Customer visit)
• Attend customer visit

Thought Leadership / Process Improvements / Delivery Excellence:

• Contribute to the initiatives triggered by the ERSS DE team

Technology Advisory & Consulting (for clients):

• Provide technical POV on IAM Data security requirements
• Support and contribute to creating technology road maps
• Recommend optimal technology solutions to the client using knowledge of technology and tools
• Technology Review for Projects:
• Contribute to cross project technical audits and review
• Recommend optimal technology solutions to the client using knowledge of technology and tools

Capability Development:

• Conduct POCs in lab environment
• Work with Product vendors and acquire knowledge on new emerging areas
• Attend Product vendor training

At Cognizant you will experience an exciting mix of innovation by design, creativity, collaboration and efficiency within a framework of stimulating objectives and a passion for delivering the best to our customers.

You will be joining a network of some of the most creative, innovative and dedicated people in the industry with ample opportunities to learn and develop your career.

Our Associates are chosen for their attitude, skills, knowledge and enthusiasm but above all, their belief that anything is possible.

Cognizant is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome all applications regardless of race, colour, gender, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, sexual orientation, political opinions or trade union membership.