Cybersecurity Architect

Essential functions

Key Responsibilities

• Develop proof-of-concept prototypes for promising cybersecurity solutions, ensuring alignment with the organization’s existing security architecture and strategic goals.

• Identify and assess innovative cybersecurity tools, companies, and concepts that can enhance the organization’s security architecture.

• Work closely with internal stakeholders, including the Cybersecurity Product Development team, to transition prototypes into fully operational products and solutions.

• Continuously monitor and analyze emerging cybersecurity trends, technologies, and practices that have the potential to impact the organization’s security posture.

• Build automation to integrate and orchestrate existing security tools to enable rapid resolution of damaging malware infections.

• Independently formulate direction, design, or oversight for the development of major enterprise-wide programs or plans that have a significant impact on organizational success.

• Be responsible for the overall planning, direction, and oversight of multiple projects, products, services, or functions.

• Stay up to date on new security tools and techniques in the information security space.

• Conduct proof-of-concept activities with key business users in support of advanced use cases.

• Automate security tools and processes, ensuring innovation and advancement strategies that keep pace in areas such as access control, defense-in-depth, secure transaction processing, and secure coding practices for web and mobile applications.

• Act as a Product Security Champion by driving Security Architecture and Design, implementation, and optimization for Web, API, and Mobile backend applications across the organization.

• Engage in the initial requirements definition, including analysis of threats and risks and alignment with organizational security, Engineering, IT, and Architecture standards.

• Conduct and facilitate security reviews and threat modelling, including deep design reviews throughout the development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• You’ll be working on enabling/building security on various platforms and technologies which protect the applications from attacks like:
o Payment processing platforms, Payment Wallet solutions, Consumer facing applications, COTS products deployed in house, public clouds, Issuer/Acquirer facing platforms and applications, white labelled solutions for partners.
o zTPF, zOS, MVS, Linux, Windows, VMWare, Openstack, SDN, Public cloud like AWS, Google
o Cybersecurity tools like IDS, SIEM, Tripwire, Tanium, Netwitness, Netflow, WAF
o HSMs, Tokenization systems, data encryption solutions from Safenet, Vormetric etc
o Web technologies like HTTP, SOAP, REST services, AJAX
o Databases like Oracle, MS SQL, Couchbase, Cassandra, Riak, Aerospike
o Programming languages like Java, C, C++, .Net, Javascript, GoLang, ErLang, Cobol etc
o Caching services like Kafka, Coherence, MQ
o Big-data like Hadoop
o Web Access Management solutions like Forgerock, Siteminder, Custom/in-house Security Frameworks

We offer

• Opportunity to work on bleeding-edge projects
• Work with a highly motivated and dedicated team
• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Benefits package - medical insurance, sports
• Corporate social events
• Professional development opportunities
• Well-equipped office

About us

Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ: GDYN) is a leading provider of technology consulting, platform and product engineering, AI, and advanced analytics services. Fusing technical vision with business acumen, we solve the most pressing technical challenges and enable positive business outcomes for enterprise companies undergoing business transformation. A key differentiator for Grid Dynamics is our 8 years of experience and leadership in enterprise AI, supported by profound expertise and ongoing investment in data, analytics, cloud & DevOps, application modernization and customer experience. Founded in 2006, Grid Dynamics is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices across the Americas, Europe, and India.