Chief Enterprise Security Architect

4 weeks ago


Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canada Life Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Chief Enterprise Security Architect to lead our organization's security architecture strategy. This role will align security measures with business goals, regulatory requirements, and emerging threats.

The successful candidate will have a strong partnership with senior technology leaders across the organization, especially the Global Chief Information Security Officer and their leadership team.

This position will collaborate closely with the information security team in ensuring that all digital assets, applications, networks, and data assets are secure and compliant with industry standards.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement an enterprise security architecture strategy in alignment with the enterprise security strategy
  • Establish and maintain security architecture frameworks, methodologies and standards
  • Oversee design and implementation of security architecture solutions across applications, networks, cloud, and data to ensure adherence to security policies, controls, and risk mitigation strategies
  • Support security assessments and audits
  • Support application rationalization and modernization efforts in the security domain
  • Oversee proofs-of-technology to test the viability of critical solution approaches to support the decision-making process
  • Maintain awareness and support secure adoption of emerging technologies
  • Participate in the Architecture Review Council and raise items as required to collaborate on architecturally significant decisions
  • Incorporate security principles in IT architecture and roadmaps
  • Lead a team consisting of Portfolio Architects and Solutions Architects
  • Lead all employee lifecycle events for all direct reports, including recruitment activities, selection, onboarding, and performance and professional management

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science
  • Relevant certifications (CISSP, CISM, SABSA) are a plus
  • 10+ years of experience with at least 10 years in the security architecture domain
  • At least 5 years of architecture experience in financial services
  • Experience working with regulatory requirements and security standards (e.g. NIST)
  • Deep knowledge of security technologies including encryption, firewalls, Identity and Access Management (IAM), intrusion detection, Security Information Event Management (SIEM), and network security
  • Strategic mindset
  • Analytical thinking
  • Leadership and team development
  • Self-starter with the ability to comfortably operate in ambiguity
  • Proven experience managing a team's personal and professional development
  • Architectural experience using modelling languages and frameworks

What We Offer:

Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we're one of Canada's leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach their potential.



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