Role :
The Cybersecurity Architect specifies and designs comprehensive cybersecurity-oriented equipment and systems used in diverse environments such as protecting sensitive information from cyber threats and assessing the security level of cutting-edge technologies.
Familiar with critical environments such as telecommunications networks and military platforms, they ensure a comprehensive approach of cybersecurity throughout the solution lifecycle, leading the design aspects and supporting the implementation, validation and transition to service.
Main Responsibilities :
Understand, analyse and formalise the (internal or external) customer's needs in order to find the best solution and lead the architecture definition;
Interface with the customer, for the technical related aspects of the solution;
Bring state of the art expertise for their field of expertise, specialty or domain;
Take the lead in the system specification and design process, in strong cooperation with all the required technical and non-technical skills involved (e.g. hardware, software, security, quality, maintenance);
Lead the Make/Team/Buy decision process and support the subcontractor choice for needed subsystem acquisition;
Be in charge of the technical documentation (e.g. High Level Design, Low Level Design, Configuration Documents, User Manuals, Testing plan);
Ensure compliance with relevant security standards and regulations.
Contribute to the risk assessment and vulnerability management process.
Support the teams responsible for the implementation and testing of the solution by providing technical expertise on various aspects of the product under development, ensuring the development goals are met and the traceability from the user requirements to the final tests is maintained.
Profile
Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
5 years or more of experience on two or more of the following domains is required :
o Specification and design of cybersecurity solutions such as embedded security systems and/or integrated cybersecurity platforms.
o System architecture using model-based system engineering methodology.
o Architecture and troubleshooting of IP networks, including IPv6.
o Design and/or hands-on activities on networking and security principles, including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, VPN gateways and firewalls.
o Development and certification under a cybersecurity certification framework such as Common Criteria.
o Specification and design of solutions leveraging RESTful architectures, Kubernetes SOAP XML and/or Keycloak.
The following extra qualifications are valuable assets : o Relevant industry certifications such as CompTIA Security+, GSEC, or equivalent certifications.
o Experience with one or more of the following tools: Capella, Doors, Polarion, Jira, BitBucket.
Cybersecurity risk assessment using any standardized methodology, preferably EBIOS.
o Familiarity with the defense ecosystem, through operational experience and/or design and implementation.
o Experience with technical and governance constraints related to classified information handling, especially in a crypto-related context.
o Architecture or deployment of cybersecurity solutions in any domain (Anti-DDOS, SIEM, risk management, ...).
o Cloud and containerization technologies security