Security Architect (Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Risk Management, NIST, CISSP)
Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid (4 Days WFO)

Role Descriptions:
Team Description:

The Information Security team partners with departments to advance technology and third-party information/cyber risk management capabilities that enable the Fund to compete effectively and take advantage of innovative technologies.

The Security Architecture Engineering team is responsible for:

Determining

Designing

Implementing security controls for the organization

Assessing the security level of applications

Job Summary and Purpose:

As a Security Architect, you will lead pieces of architecture work for key CPP Investments systems and programs.

Collaborate with various stakeholders to help define the solution architecture and ensure it aligns with the enterprise vision and architecture strategy.

Major Accountabilities:

Support the implementation and delivery of the CPP Investments architecture vision through:

Definition of architecture roadmaps

Transition architectures

Solution documents

Lead the design, development, and execution of security architecture strategies, ensuring alignment with:

Organization security objectives

Business goals

Design and implement security architecture solutions across all systems and applications.

Ensure architectures align with:

Industry best practices

Regulatory requirements

Continuously assess and improve:

Security processes

Procedures

Infrastructure

Ensure solutions are:

Effective

Efficient

Compliant

Help build and maintain the solution architecture lifecycle and methodology appropriate to the wider enterprise architecture and CPP Investments IT capabilities, including the definition of:

Artefacts

Deliverables

Models

Processes

Roles

Responsibilities





Function as a trusted security technical advisor who:

Collaborates with business and technical stakeholders

Sets direction

Builds consensus

Mediates conflicts

Helps drive optimum solutions

Ensure adherence to:

Architecture processes

Standards

Principles

Deliver solutions with:

High performance

Agility

Reuse

Deliver collaborative architecture decisions for:

Technical infrastructure

Application environments

Facilitate and contribute to architecture decisions for:

Business environments

Information environments

Core Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree or college diploma in a related field.

10+ years of relevant experience as a Security Architect.

Experience in information and cybersecurity, including:

Strategy design

Implementation

Monitoring

Experience providing strategic guidance in a large consulting organization is a plus.

Deep technical or operational experience with broad knowledge across security disciplines such as:

Access management

Cloud security

Risk management

Experience with security frameworks:

NIST CSF

Experience with leading security technologies.

Experience with Palo Alto SASE solution preferred.

Possess one or more of the following industry certifications:

CISSP

CISA

CISM

CCSP – Certified Cloud Security Skilled

SABSA – Security Architecture

Other industry-recognized Information Security certifications

Essential Skills:

Information Security architecture experience.

Experience designing and implementing security controls.

Experience assessing application security levels.

Experience with:

Security architecture strategies

Cloud security

Access management

Risk management

Security frameworks

Security technologies

Experience Required:

10+ years of experience.

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📌 Security Architect (Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Risk Management, NIST, CISSP) (Ontario)
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