Information Security Architect III

Houston, Texas

Service Corporation International
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Assesses, evaluates, designs, and builds systems ensuring security requirements protect and secure the organization's data and software. Ensures that the security requirements necessary to protect the organization's mission and business processes are adequately addressed in all aspects of enterprise architecture including reference models, segment and solution architectures, and the resulting systems supporting those missions and business processes; provides guidance to alignment with industry best-practice and mandatory compliance frameworks. As technical expert, may provide technical guidance and draft policies or procedures.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Design Security Solutions
  • Plan, research and design robust security architectures. Works closely with other functional area architects and security specialists to ensure adequate security solutions are in place throughout all systems and platforms to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements. Test final security structures to ensure they behave as expected.
  • Documents IT security aspects of the Enterprise Architecture, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
  • Analyzes emerging security threats and vulnerabilities, identifies gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommends changes or enhancements. Designs security architecture elements to mitigate threats as they emerge.
Assess & Evaluate Needs
  • Evaluates and develops secure solutions, based on approved security architectures.
  • Responsible for researching, developing software security strategy, security architecture standards, authentication protocols, design patterns, and best practices across all of products and services.
  • Researches and recommends new industry IT cyber security models, management strategies, and effective resource utilization models for Senior Leadership.
  • Translate technology and environmental conditions (e.g. law and regulation) into system and security designs and processes.
Develop Standards
  • Recommends IT cyber security models to stakeholders and influences adoption. Drives the adoption of software security strategy, security architecture standards, authentication protocols, design patterns, and best practices across all of products and services.
  • Develop standards and secure configuration guidelines for various technical solution components.
  • Additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.
Education & Background

Education & Licenses:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences, Management Information Systems, or related discipline preferred. Four (4) years of IT Architecture experience may be substituted for degree.
  • TOGAF 9 certification strongly desired
  • Open CA certification strongly desired
  • CISSP-ISSAP certification strongly desired
Experience & Knowledge:
  • At least five (5) years' experience assessing, designing & implementing IT Security Architecture Systems that effectively align IT security to support Operations and secure business
  • Experience assessing and mitigating information technology risks required
  • Extensive knowledge of security and compliance requirements required
  • Current best practices knowledge
Skills & Abilities (not listed within Competencies):
  • Computer literate and proficient with MS Office, Word, Excel, and Power Point
Work Conditions

When considering the work environment associated with this job, the following factors may apply:
  • Environment - Work is primarily indoors; professional attire required when in contact with families
  • Postures - Frequent continuous period of time sitting or standing up to 6 hours per day; frequently climbing stairs to access buildings
  • Physical Demands - Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required, includes paperwork, calculators, computers and phone usage
  • Hours - May work beyond standard hours or schedule as business needs arise; limited travel

Postal Code: 77019

Category (Portal Searching): Information Technology

Job Location: US-TX - Houston
Date Posted: 24 April 2025
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