Job Summary
Serve as a CyberSecurity Architect focused on governance risk and compliance designing and maintaining security policies standards and controls that protect enterprise systems and data in a hybrid work environment while ensuring regulatory alignment and supporting secure cards and payments services for global stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Define the target security architecture, aligned with G2G requirements, including security controls, architectural patterns, and separation guidelines.
- Drive improvements identified through Gartner / Mandiant security assessments.
- Establish and govern security architecture standards across enterprise and cloud environments.
- Lead cloud security enforcement and CSPM practices.
- Define architecture and governance for key management, encryption, and cryptographic controls.
- Design and govern secure enterprise architectures that enable cloud adoption, DevSecOps, and modern application platforms while maintaining compliance, resilience, and effective risk reduction.
- Provide security architecture guidance for microservices, containers, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.
Must-Have Qualifications
- Strong background in Cybersecurity, specifically Security Architecture and Security Engineering.
- Significant hands-on experience securing AWS environments and hybrid infrastructure.
- Strong expertise designing security architectures for:
- Microservices
- Containers
- APIs
- CI/CD and DevSecOps ecosystems
- Experience with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and cloud security controls.
- Knowledge of Key Management Systems (KMS), encryption, cryptography, and secrets management.
- Ability to translate security risks and assessment findings into enterprise security architecture improvements and technical controls.
Work Module: Hybrid
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
