Information Security Architect

Information Security Architect for STARK Group IT

Are you passionate about ensuring the successful delivery of secure solutions? Do you have experience in coordination, stakeholder management, and leading projects in line with the security needs of the business? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

As an Information Security Architect in STARK IT, you will join a dynamic and professional organization during a time of several ongoing transformational IT and business projects. You will play an instrumental role in ensuring a modern and secure infrastructure setup within cloud solutions. Your primary responsibility will be to coordinate work across projects, vendors and technology partners to ensure a successful delivery of information security.

Working closely with the Digital Technology Architecture team, STARK Management, stakeholders and external suppliers and partners, you will have the opportunity to influence and set the direction for current and future security solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Your main responsibilities will be to support and ensure quality with information security governance. You will handle projects and tasks in line with security and operational guidelines within the field of security, with a deep focus on quality and following policies.
• Secure a successful delivery of secure solutions by coordinating work across projects, vendors, and technology partners.
• Implement security policies and handle security reviews of existing and new security solutions to bring STARK to the next security level.
• Inspire and incorporate new technology in collaboration with business owners.
• Spot opportunities, inspire and support STARK IT architects for building better services in line with the business.
• Participate in the architecture forums across the STARK Group to align the target state and reduce security technical debt.
• Contribute to ensuring high-performing architecture teams in a highly dynamic working environment based on virtual team structures and modern ways of working.
• Deliver, document and implement best practices on all technical security project deliveries including technical approach and tool selection.
• Handle and ensure document requirements, and design appropriate solutions.
• Develop and maintain Identity and Access Management policies, processes, and procedures.
• Define and implement role-based access control models and manage the associated user access reviews.
• Conduct regular access control assessments and ensure compliance with applicable regulations and standards.
• Oversee the implementation of access management technologies, such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Single Sign-On (SSO) on external services.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient Identity and Access Management solutions are implemented and maintained.

Qualifications:

To be considered for this role, you should have:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience within Identity and Access Management.
• The ability to take the lead if needed while also being a magnificent team player.
• A flexible and organized work style.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills.
• Understanding of the importance of architecture and guiding principles when implementing new IT systems in a global organization.
• The ability to work in a matrix environment while respecting the autonomous and self-managed team structure within your own area.
• Motivation to work with a complex IT landscape that consists of both close to retired systems that maintain our legacy and brand-new ones that will support our future.
• Good communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals throughout the business.
• Fluent in English and Danish – A plus if you are able to commicate in German, Swedish, and/or Finnish as well.

Strong IT and analytical skills are required for this role. In short, you will have a leg up for this position if you have experience working with security on all levels and building a high level security structure. Knowing your way around Identity and Access management will also be a huge befenit and lastly you should have significant experience with Azure foundation in a hybrid setup and a good understanding of security frameworks such as NIST and ISO 27001. You should also have a solid track record in developing and maintaining security roadmaps, including capturing requirements, solution design, and working across a landscape that involves multiple IT systems.