IT Security Advisor at Horizontal Talent in Golden Valley, Minnesota

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY The Security advisor collaborates with key stakeholders to provide oversight in the design, implement, and maintenance of our security architecture. This role involves developing, reviewing, and guiding information security solutions across all business units, collaborating with stakeholders and teams throughout the organization.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Assess security (functional and non-functional) requirements aligned with business objectives.
• Help research and communicate security best practices and standards and ensure alignment with customer outcomes.
• Work with stakeholders to assess security solutions.
• Support the development of security standards, reference architectures, patterns, and guidelines for consistent security posture.
• Perform security architecture design reviews and threat modelling of our products (cloud and on-prem)
• Assess the effectiveness of security controls (data protection, identity, and access management (IAM), detective controls, infrastructure/network security, incident response) and drive implementation of appropriate controls, processes, and remediation of non-compliance.
• Contribute to and advocate for new technologies, architectures, and security products to enhance the organization's security maturity roadmap.
• Act as a subject matter expert for security design, configurations, baselines, and technical standards.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, technology services, or a related field

CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR LICENSES
• Certified information systems security professional (CISSP) certification
• Certified ethical hacker (CEH) certification
• GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst Certification (GCIA)
Or other comparable certifications