Senior Expert, Security Architecture Lead

1 day ago

Montreal, Quebec, Canada CN Full time
Job Summary

The Senior Expert, Security Architecture is responsible for overseeing the technical aspects of the architects responsible for translating business direction into a fit-for-purpose security strategy defining the building blocks that ensure the safety of computing operation and business initiative enablement. The role is accountable for defining, maintaining, and supporting the information security architecture framework and related processes to ensure alignment of other architecture groups to the governance framework and related risk management processes.

Main Responsibilities
  • Build Security Architectures – 65%
    • Act as a thought leader for security architecture and provide knowledge and coaching to stakeholders and peer architects.
    • Introduce and lead security transformation through enterprise architecture efforts and artifact documentation.
    • Define the security transformation journey by developing the security vision, patterns, use cases, principles, strategy, operating model, and architecture.
    • Understand CN's business and information technology to translate it into a Security target architecture to rapidly integrate new technologies to fuel CN's digital transformation.
    • Apply automation to generate information, make decisions, and execute process activities.
    • Focus on the architecture while peer architects deal with its individual parts.
    • Put in place best-in-class security architecture processes for designing large-scale and sophisticated technology systems.
    • Work with peer architects, to produce and maintain appropriate relationships between business, information, application, technology, and solution architects to build consistent security architecture artifacts.
    • Ensure alignment with corporate information standards and policies, as well as all areas of enterprise architecture.
  • Technical Leadership – 20%
    • Look for and evaluate new practices and technology disruptors which may impact the security architecture.
    • Incorporate new best practices into the security architecture practice.
    • Provide key input on technologies at CN to drive security transformation.
    • Position the use of new technology within the security architecture.
    • Provide practical advice about security architecture and security automation.
    • Work with peer architects to provide guidance on a comprehensive governance model to ensure solutions are developed according to the defined security architecture.
  • Manage Relationships – 15%
    • Educate and explain how security architecture aids in achieving CN's business strategy and delivery of the expected business outcomes.
    • Educate and explain the purpose, value, and use of the various security architecture models.
    • Educate and influence Information and Technology (I&T) so everyone understands security architecture strategy and outcomes.
    • Communicate deliverables with stakeholders in Architecture, Integration, Operation, Supply Management, Legal and various business lines.
    Working Conditions

The role has standard working conditions in an office environment with a regular workweek from Monday to Friday. Due to the nature of the role, the incumbent must be able to meet tight deadlines, handle pressure, and stress. The role requires occasional travel (10%) within Canada and the United States (in accordance with CN policy for meetings with ecosystem partners or to attend industry events or conferences).

RequirementsExperience

Architecture and Security Transformation

  • Minimum 15 years of experience in various architecture roles, with recent experience in security transformation
  • In-depth experience developing a security vision, principles, strategy, operating model, and architecture.
  • Significant experience in applying a structured approach to problem resolution.
Education/Certification/Designation


•Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent related project experience.

•Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

•Certifications in Offensive Security (, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP))*

*Any designation for these above would be considered as an asset

Competencies


•Applies critical thinking.

•Knows the business and stays current on industry needs.

•Demonstrates agility and drives change.

•Collaborates with others and shares information.

•Communicates with impact.

•Identifies needs and finds solutions to create value for all stakeholders.

•Identifies potential safety and security risks.

•Leads by example for the safety and security of all.

Technical Skills/Knowledge


•Ability to define and organize an architecture security apparatus in reusable building blocks.

•Knowledge of the security implications of complex business operations and how they are linked to technological solutions that provide practical risk mitigation and business enablement.

•Knowledge of the processes, methodologies, tools, and techniques, used for building large information technology system.

•Good knowledge of the technologies and architecture principles required to build complex information technology system.

•Knowledge of standards, regulations and legislation governing Information Security (, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP))

•Familiarity with Architecture framework (Togaf, Zachman)*.

•Familiarity with Security frame works (, Center for Internet Security (CIS), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research and Engineering (MITRE))*.

•Knowledge of Rail, Transportation, or Logistics industry*.

•*Any knowledge for any of the above would be considered as an asset.

This position is posted as a grade LEVEL 5. For internal candidates, note that the grade level of the position may adjust based on the employee's experience.

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