CISO - Security Strategy & Solutions Architect - infra and cloud

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We are not accepting UK based candidates for this role and 4 days a month on site in Belgium is mandatory

You will be joining the Security Solution Architecture squad within the Chief Information Security Office in charge of putting in place the required controls to protect our information assets adequately and effectively. 
The main responsibility of the tribe is to establish and promote security best practices to help business and IT achieving their ambitions. This includes building vision and strategy, ensuring best practices are known and implemented in a standard way and providing security principles and reference architecture.
The Security Solution Architect is accountable for the delivery of an end-to-end solution design of cross division IT initiatives and cross security domains. The Solution Architect is accountable for the definition and the realization of end-to-end architecture solutions that fulfil the functional, non-functional, security & resilience requirements.

Division

You will be joining the Security Architecture tribe within the Chief Information Security Office in charge of putting in place the required controls to protect our information assets adequately and effectively. 

The main responsibility of the squad is to establish and promote security best practices to help business and IT achieving their ambitions. This includes building vision and strategy, ensuring best practices are known and implemented in a standard way and providing security principles and reference architecture.

Role

The Security Solution Architect is accountable for the delivery of an end-to-end solution design of cross division IT initiatives and cross security domains. The Solution Architect is accountable for the definition and the realization of end-to-end architecture solutions that fulfil the functional, non-functional, security & resilience requirements.

From the ideation phase until realization, you collaborate with the requirement owners & the domain architects, and you lead the IT engineers / application experts across the organization to design a fit-for-purpose & quality end-to-end solution.

You act as the linking pin between Enterprise Architecture and the feature designers and engineers in IT delivery to ensure the alignment of the end-to-end solution to the enterprise standards and domain target architectures.

You actively participate to the development of the Solution Architecture & Software Engineering practices in Euroclear, contributing by delivering reusable & consumable solution patterns and building blocks to the community. You will be closely working with CISO product owners to solution the product requirements and services.

You contribute with your architecture experience supporting delivery experience for the definition of domain target architectures & roadmaps. You will participate actively to communities of practice with other solution architects and domain architects to collaborate and share on best practices and lessons learned.

Profile

• You have worked for more than 10 years in the IT industry and have proven experience working with senior management. Experience in the Financial Services industry and understanding of the complex regulatory environment is a plus.
• You have worked as an architect on Cyber Security projects, experience in large and complex IAM programs is expected.
• You have worked as end-to-end solution architect on large-scale transformation projects designing, developing, and deploying mission-critical transactional systems in large & complex organizations. 
• You cope with systems & problems of various levels of complexity, which can typically span across functions, locations & organizations.
• You can tackle autonomously all types of architectural analysis and can provide global & pragmatic recommendations adapted to the company context.
• You can work high-level such as creating Strategic position papers and Reference Architectures, as well as the ability to zoom on the technical challenges of implementation. Provides advice and expertise to Enterprise and Domain Architects during architecture studies and domain architecture works.
• You are a problem-solver with strong analytical skills (e.g. breaking up & structuring complex problems into manageable pieces), which you apply to problems spanning across multiple architectural domains.
• You can effectively communicate and advocate for the architecture recommendations vis-à-vis project/agile delivery teams and senior business and IT management of the company. You can sell the architecture.
• You can use your experience & knowledge to build strong relationships with other architects and the other parts of the organization. You will also be able to coach & mentor new members of the team in how to apply solutions architecture and to understand the domains and their interactions & complexities.
• Knowledge of post-trade market infrastructures (e.g. CSD), knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF,SAFE), Cyber Security Architecture and RISK frameworks (SABSA, ISO 27k, NIST,..) and relevant experience with Agile operating models and frameworks are extra assets.
• Being proficient in English is required.

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Why join us

Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system. 

What We Offer:

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries. 
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment. 
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

New ways of working

Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office and also benefit from remote working. 

Great Place to Work for All

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process.