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Information Security Architect
Selecting the Right Information Security Architects
Hiring is one of the toughest challenges any company can face, either large enterprises or new startups. There is a great deal of know-how kind of experience when hiring a Information Security Architect, not all companies have the right processes that can warrant best hires.
At SupportFinity, we streamlined our processes and in-house standards to make sure of having one of the top world-class hiring processes. The magic mix of skills ingredients is what separates a great hire from a not-so-good one. We came to this conclusion through consulting top technical and HR experts in addition to our years of work and exposure with most sophisticated projects across almost all tech verticals and areas of expertise. So you get one of the best recruitment processes to hire a Information Security Architect.
As we have created and crafted a unique method of teams’ customization, we have also perfected our signature model of matching the right skills for our customers to hire either one Information Security Architect or a team of Information Security Architects. We have a long lasting belief in the power of data analytics in creating unmatchable results, thus, we apply our analytical models on our hiring process same as we do in our business model.
Information Security Architect Job Description Template
Information Security Architect
- Establishes and maintains a strategic information / cyber security architecture vision and goals.
- Maintains the annual enterprise cybersecurity architecture and engineering plans and process descriptions.
- Engaged with the chief information security officer, cybersecurity teams, the enterprise architecture team, solution delivery.
- The Information Security Architect helps to determine operational trends and forecasts business plan activities.
- Consults with solution architecture teams and IT infrastructure to efficiently integrates and implements technology solutions.
- The Information Security Architect reviews proposed technology and solutions and presents security concerns at the Technology Control Board.
- The Information Security Architect works with Security Policy and Training team to help the agency maintain compliance with cybersecurity laws.
- The Information Security Architect serves as information security subject matter expert and trusted advisor. .
- Experience mapping an organization’s actual cybersecurity functions to at least two industry standard cybersecurity models.
- Experience in solution development and solution architecture advocating cybersecurity.
- Knowledge of Security capabilities of relational databases.
- Knowledge of Security standards and controls.
- Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to explain technical topics to those without a technical background.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to identify risks in business processes, operations, and technology projects.
- Collaboration and persuasion, including the ability to work with teams and drive initiatives in multiple departments.
- Experience with identifying security controls for threats (risk with device(s) affected, vulnerability and threat agent descriptions) .
We receive requests of hiring from candidates among more than 100 countries.
As we bring skills from each and every place in the world, we make sure we have the
right match of language proficiency with our clients' requirements.
Your Information Security Architect or team of Information Security Architects will have the needed level of language knowledge you expect,
each candidate passes through our language tests that warrant at least a good
command of reading, writing and speaking of the languages our clients ask for.
We know that communication starts from speaking common languages, thus we put this aspect as a first factor in
our selection process, we do not proceed with hiring for Information Security Architect before making sure that the
candidate passes the language ability tests first.
The next level of screening we perform at SupportFinity is the
communication quality, in this stage we make sure that the Information Security Architect
can deliver high quality of communication; especially on the technical aspects of the job.
We conduct our assessments to cover multiple aspects of communication
quality, such as:
The ability of self-explanation ( writing – speaking )
The ability of describing problems structurally and technically ( writing & speaking)
The ability of explaining ideas, situations and problems ( reading, writing & speaking)
This part mainly measures the logical, numerical and analytical aptitude of each candidate, top ones are the only ones we select for next stages.
We have a set of interview tests that measure the agreeability levels of each candidate for
Information Security Architect, we do so as we believe that likability of any person starts from the ability
to achieve high levels of agreeability without compromising critical thinking.
We also measure the creativity side of the Information Security Architect you look for, where we see when and how each
candidate can apply out-of-the-box and innovative ways of fixing problems or creating new solutions.
Some people can do well when working on their own, some others cannot!
Knowing this matters a lot when hiring a Information Security Architect with regard to the team size needed.
Remote work needs a special level of team work skills, so we make sure that your Information Security Architect can adapt and work well with your team
and be quickly part of it if needed.
We care about hiring someone who can deliver, create and perform the way you expect
with passion and enthusiasm.
We assess our people’s technical abilities on the merits of achievements more
than anything else.
Hiring the right Information Security Architect is an uneasy decision, we consider
measing the actual technical skills of each candidate.
Having a great resume
is just the start for us, we select candidates know what they say
they know!
We conduct advanced technical tests to make sure we cover the needed knowledge your
Information Security Architect needs to have to excel for your business.
We weigh academic qualifications as well, we also request our full time employees to submit their education evidence as a major hiring rule to follow. We believe having the right academic qualifications can make a great difference, especially in advanced science based areas like electronic design, engineering planning...etc.
One important metric for us is the ability of your Information Security Architect to learn new skills, so we make sure that we select people who are only dynamic and willing to learn new ones.
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