Security Architect

At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable​ energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation

Hitachi Energy provides industry leading software and deep domain expertise to help the world’s most asset intensive industries such as energy, utilities and mining solve their biggest challenges, from plant level, regional network scale, to global fleet-wide operations. At Hitachi Energy, it’s the people that matter most - to us and our customers. Which is why we’re always looking to add more talent to our team. Knowledge is critical. Drive is essential. Creativity is the key. Currently we are looking for a candidate to work as part of our Global Cyber-Security Team supporting Enterprise Software Solutions assigned to work in North America. If you are Security Architect experienced with cloud environment willing to develop in an international company, then this is an opportunity for you! Hitachi Energy Enterprise Software is looking for a Senior Security Architect with solid hands on technical expertise, great communication and collaboration skills. This individual recognizes the importance of individual and group efforts delivering high quality products and solutions, while demonstrating the willingness to learn our customer’s business then craft secure solutions that ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our customers applications and data in private, public, and hybrid cloud based environments.

Your responsibilities

• Developing and documenting a standards compliant security framework that can be applied to secure architecture reference models across multiple software products/development teams in distinct geopolitical regions.
• Troubleshoot development and deployment security issues for internal and customer facing cloud environments.
• Design and Deliver dashboard security metric solutions to provide a window to operational status for senior leadership.
• Continuously improve, document, and train development teams on the secure deployment tool chain in SaaS and associated processes, moving towards more automation and shorter turn-around times.
• Work across multiple development teams to implement and train developers and deployment engineers on how to effectively architect cloud based software solutions to meet the needs of customer requirements spanning globally.
• Coach development teams on secure software and hardware configuration management and secure test automation strategies associated with cloud based solutions.
• Communicate directly with customers to help them understand secure SaaS software environments and the benefits they provide to traditional deployment models.
• Support customer production SaaS environments when called upon on a 24/7 basis.
• 3+ years of security work experience in an engineering or development discipline.
• Formal education or training focused on computer science, computer engineering, information sciences, information technology, or engineering field with specialization in cyber security.
• Practical real-world security experience as part of a SaaS team to include working knowledge of cloud computing technologies and workload transition challenges from a cyber security perspective
• Experience with virtualization and configuration of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS environments and associated software development environments using Microsoft Azure and/or AWS
• Implementation experience with commercial security solutions such as web application firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DLP, DDOS mitigation
• Passion for and ability to work with software development and deployment teams releasing production-ready software on a daily basis
• Creativity to find innovative and realistic solutions to complex challenges, and an eagerness to learn about new technologies and to devise tools or tricks to get the job done
• Strong problem solving & troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment
• Excellent communication and technical writing skills (in English) to explain and document your ideas/plans and present them effectively to senior management for approval.
• Eagerness to train and mentor a staff of senior and junior architects

Your background

• 3 + years’ experience in security environment, preferably InfoSec or Cyber-Security
• Bachelor's/Master's Degree - Engineering, Computer Science
• Experience managing the work of security programs, preferably cyber-security, based upon recognized security standards - NIST 800-53, IEC 62443-4-1, etc
• 2 + years developing and managing DevOps SDLC lifecycle deployments
• 2 + years code security, third-party scanning and threat model standards as part of the release lifecycle requirements
• Deep knowledge of cloud security technologies that include firewalls, routing, dns, network protocols, private vpn deployments, AAD, authentication management technologies, and certificate management with mastery of data from metrics to preemptively identify/prevent threats to customers and organization.
• 3 + years’ experience managing security programs in cloud environments, Comp TIA Cloud+, GIAC Cloud Security Automation, or ISC^2 Certified Cloud Security Professional will be considered in lieu of experience. or 3+ years managing security programs in a DevOps environment, CompTIA +, ISC^2 CISSP, ISC^2 CISM
• Professional experience leading policy, procedure, and standards development
• Professional experience leading training programs focused on cyber-security
• Fluent spoken and written English

More about us

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 40,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD. www.hitachienergy.com

2023-03-16

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