Senior IT Security Architect

1 week ago

Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Avient Full time

Job Summary:

The Senior IT Security Architect will play a critical role in protecting business operations within Avient Corporation, a global leader in innovative polymer materials, services, and solutions. As part of the team, you will participate in various projects that are essential to data protection, vulnerability management, cyber-incident response, asset classification, policy and procedure development, creation of security education newsletters and articles, and more.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate proof of concepts to drive operational enablement of emerging technologies, recommending patterns for adoption or decline using non-functional requirements.
  • Assist in defining and driving strategic vision for the Cloud environment ecosystem.
  • Enable various teams to work within standards by specifying approved tools and technologies.
  • Develop and maintain vendor relationships for new and existing technologies.
  • Recommend, procure, and support educational participation across operations for technical enablement of teams embracing new technology.
  • Participate in or supervise embedded teams in larger enterprise projects as required to meet strategic initiatives.
  • Determine and prioritize processes for recoverability, fail-over, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
  • Participate in specifying operational objectives, including SLAs and KPIs for availability, performance, and security.
  • Proactively suggest and promote technology and processes with positive return on investment and deliver value to internal and external customers.
  • Determine RTO and RPO objectives and devise strategies for improvement.
  • Participate in architectural design with other team members and software architects, encouraging shared and common design practices.
  • Provide technical escalation support across deployed platforms, liaising with development, support, infrastructure, and security as required.
  • Provide technical direction and clarification of requirements to software agile development teams, integration, and testing staff.

Requirements:

  • Diploma or degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field.
  • Experience applying architectural frameworks, such as SAFe, CSTAR, TOGAF, SABSA, and BSIMM.
  • Sound understanding of Information Assurance Frameworks, including CIS, CSA-CCM, NIST, ISO, and PCI.
  • Good technical knowledge and experience across Microsoft platforms and technologies, including Azure, Office365, Windows 365, and Sentinel.
  • Good technical knowledge across different cloud platforms, including Azure, GPC, AWS, and SAP-HANA.
  • Extensive experience in networks, data centre systems, and cloud architecture, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS security.
  • Knowledge of virtual and physical networking, including routing, switching, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, IP, IDS/IPS, and encryption.
  • Knowledge and experience in performing threat modeling techniques and tooling to drive security-by-design.
  • Experience identifying cybersecurity risks and developing proportionate mitigations in solution designs.
  • Ability to engage with a cross-section of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.
  • Ability to make security recommendations in the context of wider business requirements, such as efficiency, resilience, and confidence.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Demonstrate drive and passion for cybersecurity and enthusiasm for spreading knowledge across the business.
  • Experience with testing and reporting on the security of systems and architectures to ensure requirements are being met.

About Us:

Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:

  • Dyneema, the world's strongest fiber, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine, and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports.
  • Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy.
  • Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass, and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint.
  • Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation, and fiber optic/5G network accessibility.

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