Happiest Minds Technologies - Enterprise Security Architect - iAM

Key Responsibilities :

- Define and maintain enterprise security architecture, principles, standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy.

- Lead enterprise security architecture engagements covering applications, infrastructure, networks, cloud, data, identity, endpoint, security operations, and emerging technologies.

- Assess existing security environments and develop target-state security architectures and transformation roadmaps.

- Conduct security architecture reviews for large-scale technology initiatives, enterprise platforms, applications, cloud migrations, and digital transformation programs.

- Develop security architecture patterns covering identity and access management, privileged access management, zero trust, network security, application security, data security, cloud security, and security operations.

- Design enterprise security models incorporating defense-in-depth, zero-trust architecture, risk-based security controls, and security-by-design principles.

- Evaluate security risks associated with new technologies, platforms, applications, integrations, and business initiatives and provide appropriate mitigation strategies.

- Define security controls and architecture requirements across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

- Collaborate with enterprise architects, solution architects, infrastructure teams, application teams, cloud teams, SOC, IAM, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders.

- Drive security architecture governance, ensuring technology solutions comply with enterprise security standards, policies, regulatory requirements, and risk appetite.

- Evaluate security products and technologies, conduct architecture-level assessments, and provide recommendations for technology selection and modernization.

- Develop HLDs, security architecture documents, reference models, standards, technical guidelines, risk assessments, and executive-level presentations.

- Lead security transformation programs and provide architecture oversight throughout implementation and operational transition.

- Support cybersecurity strategy development, maturity assessments, security capability assessments, and enterprise security operating model initiatives.

- Provide advisory support to senior technology and security leadership, including CIO, CISO, CTO, and enterprise architecture teams.

Consulting & Client-Facing Experience :

- Candidates should preferably have a strong background in IT consulting, technology consulting, cybersecurity consulting, or systems integration.

- Experience from leading consulting organizations or large technology services companies is strongly preferred.

- Candidates should have experience working across multiple enterprise clients and managing consulting engagements involving security strategy, architecture, transformation, assessments, and technology modernization.

- Strong experience in client workshops, stakeholder management, executive presentations, solution discussions, proposal support, and consulting-led engagements is required.

- The candidate should be comfortable independently leading architecture discussions with senior client stakeholders and translating complex cybersecurity concepts into business-oriented recommendations.

Core Technical Skills :

- Enterprise Security Architecture

- Cybersecurity Strategy & Transformation

- Zero Trust Architecture

- Cloud Security - AWS, Azure, GCP

- Network & Infrastructure Security

- Identity & Access Management

- Privileged Access Management

- Application & API Security

- Data Security & Encryption

- Security Operations & SIEM

- Strong understanding of frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, SABSA, Zero Trust Architecture, and relevant industry/regulatory security requirements.

- Experience developing enterprise security principles, control frameworks, reference architectures, and security governance models is preferred.

Certifications :

- CISSP, CISM, SABSA, CCSP, TOGAF, or equivalent security/architecture certifications are preferred