Security Solutions Architect - GRC Security Services

We are hiring for Australian Based Start up.

There Services were defined in four specific areas of expertise and supported by highly qualified and experienced professionals. Following are the services they provide :

1. Consulting,

2. Business Processes,

3. Audit And Assurance,

4. Facilitation and Training

Practice Summary & Overall Relevance:

The company has embraced significant transformation in recent years, the output of which has been accelerated growth in the number of Technology Services (TS) we provide our customers with.

The current focus is on the Cyber Security Delivery of Cloud/Network/Endpoint/IAM and GRC services/ consulting or professional security services through Next Generation SOC. The Solutions Architect GRC will have technical understanding and expertise across multiple risk advisories, security frameworks and controls and expertise in Information Security related to regulatory standards such as ISO, PCI DSS, NIST, GDPR etc. While there will be no limitations on the publishers and vendors that can be included in these services, foundational partners such as, but not limited to, Microsoft, will serve as foundational technologies within the GRC Solutions Offering. The role will also include - emerging risk and compliance- frameworks from newer publishers and vendors that are finding traction in the broader marketplace and/or serve a specific niche solution along with country specific regulatory requirements.

Role:

To accelerate service delivery and adoption in each target market, a Solutions Architect role has been created. The Solutions Architect is responsible for driving GRC security services delivery readiness and managed services of related services in the company as per GTM strategy. This is a high profile, customer-facing role specializing in Risk Advisories, Assessments in threat defence layer to the enterprise market - in collaboration with local/regional presales solution specialists and business development teams.

The Solutions Architect - GRC is responsible for driving and co-owning implementation strategy, assist presales, Implementation of security advisory and managed services, and day to day service delivery of security services through a fully function Next Gen SOC as per GTM strategy. The role functions as a partnership with the solution specialists and is expected to take a consistently proactive approach to developing the technical solutions business. The Solutions Architect is the technical lead in the GRC domains (both transactional and professional/managed services) customer engagements and service delivery enablement as part of establishment of cyber security practice from specific location. The role also serves as the liaison between the assigned presales team and customers and services delivery resources which include both in-house and partner delivered services. The Solutions Architect will help assist in validating presales opportunities in terms of capabilities and capacity and assist in the creation/delivery of Proposals and Statements of Work (SoW) to customers.

The Solutions Architect will be required to keep abreast of technical knowledge across a broad set of foundational technologies.

Reporting and Location:

Area: Cyber Security

Department: Presales and Service Delivery

Direct Reporting Line: Security Practice Lead

Indirect/secondary reporting line: Client

Subsidiary/country: APAC Region

Location: Chennai, India

Number of Personnel Managed: L1/L2 SOC Advisory/Implementation Staff

Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility: TBA

Key Relationships:

- Other Solution Architect, local/regional presales support/solution specialists

- Practice Service Leads/Architects

- Practice leaders

- Project Management Office

- Service Delivery Centre

- KTS Leaders

- Product/Service marketing

- Service Management

Responsibilities:

- Responsible for uncovering details of business problems and objectives that the customer has and closely analyse the customer requirements

- Responsible for tailoring a customer specific service delivery that precisely meets the needs of the customer

- Manage the delivery pipeline of GRC business working with local presales and regional solution specialist teams and using the company's tools

- Partners and co-owns security domains, establishes solid publisher relationships, ensuring L1/L2 resources are trained and ready for deployment and delivering best-in-class customer experience

- Responsible for assisting solution specialists in providing technical details in RFP preparation, product demo's and delivery of Proof of Concept (PoC)

- Creation of training content and delivery of training workshops to new customers and service delivery team enabling them

- Analyse & gather technical/sizing requirement from large & complexity client environment and perform required research and investigation to identify and create thorough, accurate technical solution proposals based on client requirements

- Prepares cost estimates for licensing and publisher/third party engagements as well as professional services (deployment, transformation, implementation, workshops, etc.) by studying blueprints, plans, and related customer documents; consulting with other engineers, architects, practice leads and other professional and technical personnel (both internal and external)

- Develop overall solutions including high-level design, assisting in completing technical details within proposals, statements of work (SOW), service design and bills of materials (BOM)

- Contributes to presales effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives.

- Maintain a high-level of competitive product, advisory and managed security services and maintenance knowledge related to GRC solutions

- Ability to complete OEM / product vendor technical certifications and do train the trainer as required

- Provide onsite customer presales support and attend vendor events when required

- Interact and collaborate closely with the other Security Services Delivery Team to ensure they are up to date with important subject matter and share best practices

- Develop service delivery ramp up plans and strategically execute against the plan within the timeframe committed for smooth service delivery and ensure adherence to SLAs/KPIs

- Maintain and report on service delivery, SLAs/KPIs achieved,

- Demonstrate continuous improvement and expand scope as per capabilities.

General Business Development, Marketing, & Partnerships

- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for marketing activities including speaking/presenter engagements at cadences, conventions, webinars, etc.

- Align to GRC vision & strategy and define a local go-to-market strategy to fit the company's growth and profit expectations

- Develop and maintain product vendor relationships to identify new business opportunities and sales engagements and assisting in business planning as well as driving forward programmatic initiatives.

Requirements

The following skills are needed for the security solutions architect:

(i) Basic Technical Requirements

- University degree in the field of Information Technology and/or or equivalent combination of experience and education; Master's degree preferred

- Extensive knowledge and expertise in regulatory standards, controls, risks and frameworks

(ii) Experience

- 10 to 15+ years or equivalent experience in delivery of GRC services/ consulting or professional services.

- End to End Security Product Life Cycle Management in terms of Design, Architecture, Implementation, Go- Live, Transition, and Production support/Service delivery

- Good experience in handling global customers

- Excellent Stake holder management

(iii) Preferred Technical Requirements

- CRISC, CISSP, CISM, CISA, ISO27K LA, LI, PCI DSS

- Below certification would be an added advantage:

Cloud Security Certifications such as CCSK/CCSP

- Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration testing using products such as Acutenix, Nessus etc

- Expertise in providing O365, M365 Azure, AWS, Cloud Risk Controls and Compliance solutions

(iv) Skill Abilities and Attributes

- Ability to independently conduct meetings with engineering-level, management-level or executive level, customer personnel with regards to positioning presales and defending solutions and managing escalations

- Highly motivated and results oriented, skills as a security technology leader

- Organized, analytical mind with solid problem-solving skills required

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Critical Thinking - using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems

- Solid knowledge in CVE, content delivery services, cloud technology, and disaster recovery solutions

- Strong IT Industry business acumen

- Adequate knowledge of software or licensing terminology and system integration

- Ability to demonstrate strong management skills including risk management, financial management and ITIL V3 based service management functions such as Incident, Change, Problem, Configuration etc

- Documented successful service delivery of enterprise-wide advanced technology GRC security services/ consulting or professional solutions with a proven track record of meeting or exceeding goals by continuous service improvement approach with a focus on productivity and efficiency

- Proven strong negotiation skills and experience, People and Team Management

- Strong presentation skills with a focus on addressing functional business requirements with a demonstration of technical solutions in business terms customized for every customer

- Ability to work effectively within a virtual team and drive results in a fast paced and matrix organization

- Travel required up to 40%.

Performance Criteria

- Performance and success measured by meeting the criteria through achieved or exceeded committed

SLAs/KPIs of the GRC services/ consulting or professional services in the assigned country

- Generates references and customer success stories