Cyber Security Solutions Architect

• Location: Ottawa, Ontario
• Remote: Remote
• Type: Contract
• Job #35391

Myticas Consulting is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Solutions Architect to support a large-scale Cyber Resilience Transformation Program with or banking client. This long-term engagement focuses on security architecture, technology risk, cloud security, DevSecOps, vulnerability management, and enterprise cyber security governance within a highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide cyber security architecture and technology risk advisory services.
• Assess current and future-state security architectures across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Design and govern enterprise security controls including IAM, network security, logging, monitoring, and data protection.
• Perform security risk assessments, identify vulnerabilities, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Develop security standards, reference architectures, and reusable security patterns.
• Support secure cloud deployments, DevSecOps pipelines, and secure SDLC practices.
• Conduct threat modelling and application security reviews.
• Support vulnerability management, security testing (SAST, DAST, container and dependency scanning), and remediation activities.
• Advise on AI security risks and secure adoption of AI-enabled technologies.
• Produce executive-level security documentation and architecture deliverables.
• Provide technical leadership, workshops, and knowledge transfer to development and platform teams.

Required Qualifications

• University degree or College diploma in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of recent IT or Cyber Security experience.
• Minimum 3 years as a Cyber Security Architect or Senior Security Specialist within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience assessing current-state security posture and designing target-state security architectures.
• Experience with enterprise security controls including:
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • Network Security
  • Data Protection
  • Logging & Monitoring
• Experience identifying security, compliance, and technology risk gaps.
• Experience developing security standards, reference architectures, and reusable security artifacts.

Nice to Have

• Strong knowledge of:
  • NIST CSF
  • NIST SP 800-53 / 61 / 92
  • ISO 27001 / ISO 27002
• Experience with:
  • TOGAF
  • SABSA
  • Financial services regulatory security requirements
  • Third-party risk management
  • Cloud security (Azure/AWS)
• Certifications such as:
  • CISSP
  • CISM
  • CCSP
  • Azure Security
  • AWS Security