Cyber Security Architect
Description
Inspirational,
innovative and entrepreneurial - this is how we describe our empowered teams.
Combine your passion with purpose and join a culture that is thriving in the
face of change.
National in scope and local in focus, MNP is
one of Canada’s largest professional service firms providing client-focused
accounting, consulting, tax, and digital services to clients. Founded in 1958,
MNP today is a CAD 2 billion+ organization with 10,000+ employees and 150+
offices across Canada. MNP prides itself on being an ‘advisor’ to its clients
(individuals, businesses, and organizations), focusing on their success by
delivering personalized strategies and solutions that help clients reach their
full potential — wherever business takes them.
MNP set up MNP Spark, its Global Capability
Centre (GCC), in Bengaluru in May 2025 with a focus on enabling the Firm drive
growth, efficiency, customer delight, and innovation, by leveraging high
quality talent in India. MNP Spark is like any other MNP region/office — front
facing, client focused but working with all MNP regions in Canada to deliver
services.
Make an impact with our Technology - Cyber Security team as
a Cybersecurity Architect. This diverse team of tech-savvy problem solvers
enables MNP to take a proactive and prepared approach to cyber crime and
capitalize on new technologies and innovations. As a trusted advisor, you’ll
investigate threats, develop policies, and enhance infrastructure to minimize
the impact of security-related events to protect MNP's business operations and
reputation.
Responsibilities
· Design secure cloud, hybrid, and
enterprise architectures using Zero Trust, secure-by-design, and
defence-in-depth principles.
· Lead architecture reviews, threat
modelling, and risk assessments; develop security standards and reference
patterns.
· Advise technology teams and
collaborate across cloud, infrastructure, networking, applications, and
security operations.
· Support incident containment,
recovery, and cyber resilience with architecture expertise.
· Improve security through hands-on
engineering and automation.
Experience
· Significant experience in
cybersecurity architecture or cloud, infrastructure, network security, or
security engineering.
· Strong cross-domain expertise and
experience securing complex Azure and hybrid enterprise environments.
· Strong advisory, consulting,
communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
· Experience supporting cyber
incident containment, recovery, and resilience.
Requirements
Skills
· Cloud security: Azure IaaS/PaaS,
Defender for Cloud, Defender XDR, Sentinel, Purview, Azure Policy, RBAC, and
landing zones.
· Hybrid network security: Azure
Networking, Firewall/WAF, VPN, ExpressRoute, DNS security, segmentation, secure
internet access, Zero Trust, SASE/SSE, and Zscaler ZIA/ZPA.
· Identity and privileged access:
Entra ID, Conditional Access, identity governance, PIM, RBAC, and PAM solutions
such as CyberArk.
· Security operations: SIEM/SOAR
architecture, detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response,
monitoring, and automation.
· Infrastructure and application
security: Windows/Linux, Active Directory,
· endpoint and vulnerability
management, Kubernetes/AKS, containers, DevSecOps,
· and API/web security.
· AI and automation: AI/generative
AI security, Infrastructure as Code, and Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, Python,
or equivalent technologies.
Certifications
· CISSP, CCSP, Microsoft SC-100, AZ-305, AZ-500,
TOGAF certifications.
Benefits
Skills
- Active Directory
- AI
- AKS
- API
- Automation
- Azure
- Bicep
- CAD
- Cissp
- Cloud
- Cloud Security
- Cyberark
- Cybersecurity
- DevSecOps
- DNS
- Entra ID
- Firewall
- Generative AI
- IaaS
- Infrastructure as Code
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Network Security
- Networking
- PowerShell
- Python
- RBAC
- Risk Assessment
- Sase
- SIEM
- Spark
- Terraform
- Threat Hunting
- Threat Modeling
- TOGAF
- VPN
- Vulnerability Management
- WAF
- XDR
- Zero Trust
- Zscaler