Senior Cybersecurity Architect

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Provides strategic leadership in designing secure-by-design architectures, cybersecurity standards, and technology roadmaps that strengthen BSP’s overall cybersecurity posture and resilience

Qualifications

Education: Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or any related field or CPro from the CSC

Experience: At least 11 years experience in IT with at least 7 years experience in cybersecurity protection technologies covering data, network, endpoint, and identity security

Training: At least 120 hours of relevant training/learning and development intervention taken within the last 5 years in any of the areas mentioned under areas of experience, and 8 hours cybersecurity-related training for the last 2 years

Eligibility: Career Service Professional / Second Level Eligibility

Areas of Experience:

• Security architecture frameworks (e.g. SABSA, TOGAF, and ZTA)
• Cloud security architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms
• Network security design including firewalls, IDS/IPS, SASE, SD-WAN, and network segmentation
• Identity and Access Management, Privileged Access Management, and directory services

Certifications

Must hold at least one of the following:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• SABSA Chartered Security Architect (SCF or SCM)
• TOGAF 9/10
• COBIT

Any of the following certifications is an advantage:

• Information Security Manager
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Google Professional Cloud Architect
• Risk and Information Systems Control
• Project Management Professional (PMP)