Infrastructure Security Architect
| Company | NXP Semiconductors |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, TX, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in any of Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Science or a related field
- 8+ years of experience leading a cross-functional team (both onshore and offshore)
- 8+ years of experience gathering non-functional requirements, performing designed and validated application architecture frameworks, and executing functional and testing assignments
- 8+ years of experience translating security requirements into client ready design documents
- 8+ years of experience with application architecture security analysis, design, and delivery
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for interacting with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
Responsibilities
- Define and oversee the Security Infrastructure technical direction and architectural vision, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and digital transformation efforts
- Translate the vision of business leaders into realistic technical information security implementations, while identifying misaligned initiatives and impractical use cases
- Key contributor in architecting a comprehensive security TOGAF framework that supports the deployment, evaluation, and management of infrastructure elements across the NXP enterprise
- Select appropriate security technologies from a pool of existing and potential offerings, considering deployment models and integration with existing solutions
- Develop and design security architecture frameworks for complex integrated infrastructure
- Lead technical discussions and solutions for Information Security Infrastructure, to include: determining Infrastructure requirements & system integration points/interfaces, processing re-engineering issues, and evaluating application design and implementation strategies
- Manage initiatives & projects of significant complexity and risk. Provide leadership to assigned client areas or teams
- Maintain prioritized security roadmap, develop work estimates, and ensure successful delivery to support strategic planning and initiatives, improve organizational performance, and advance progress towards NXP goals
- Lead improvement teams and projects within Information Security Infrastructure; lead the development and delivery of training relevant to area of expertise
- Perform continual assessments and research of new security technology innovations
- Collaborate with Enterprise, Application, Security, Data & DevOps Architects, Network Engineers, Server Engineers, Cloud Engineers, Storage Engineers, and Business teams to pilot use cases and discuss architectural design
- Gather inputs from multiple stakeholders to align technical implementation with existing and future requirements
- Develop and maintain contact with top decision makers, legal, and other business units
- Be responsible for the successful architecture & design of Secure Infrastructure solutions
- Audit implementations and practices across server, storage, network, and cloud focusing on continuous improvement and feedback mechanisms
- Help IT product managers and business stakeholders understand the potential and limitations of security standards when planning new deployments
- Break down client problems and bring an understanding of leading technology, analytics methods, tools, and operating model approaches
- Conduct research to provide technical solutions to scale secure IT infrastructures for real-world challenges, making trade-offs based on quality, scalability, performance, and cost
- Build tools and capabilities that assist with data ingestion, feature engineering, data management, and organization
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degrees such as Masters is preferred
- Certifications in security, networking, systems, and storage technologies, such as Cisco CCIE, TOGAF, Zachman, NetApp NCIE, VMWare VCP, Palo Alto PCNSE, SSEE, AWS Certified Architect
- Certifications in PMP, ITIL or other project/domain specific
- Security certifications such as: CISSP, CISA, CISM, OWASP, and others