Security Architect

Job Description

Securrency is a financial markets infrastructure technology company focused on enhancing capital formation and stimulating global liquidity. Securrency is driving change at the core of financial services via a patent-pending distributed identity and compliance framework and a state-of-the-art infrastructure designed to bridge legacy financial platforms to blockchain networks. One of the industrys most advanced regulatory technology providers, we have developed compliance tools that automate enforcement of the multi-jurisdictional regulatory policy. These tools provide transparency and consistency to strengthen investor confidence and provide regulators with increased oversight of the market activity. Securrency provides software-as-a-service (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) delivery models to offer blockchain-based financial services infrastructure to banks and other financial services providers.Our proprietary, patent-pending Compliance Aware Token? technology provides multi-jurisdictional compliance and unprecedented convenience to financial services providers and market participants to facilitate the issuance, trading, and servicing of digital securities and other digital assets. Securrencys technology is blockchain-agnostic, and its compliance and policy-enforcement tools support ledger-to-ledger transactions across multiple blockchains.We have built a state-of-the-art blockchain-based financial service and compliance platform that will serve as the global rails along which all future value moves in a transparent and interoperable manner. Well, on its way to being a technology unicorn, but while we are growing rapidly, we still retain the spirit and camaraderie of a dynamic start-up.To manage Information Security Architecture and Application security programs for Securrency. Ensuring Architecture reviews are done across Digital infrastructure viz. Cloud, DevOps, Microservices. Certifies all technical platforms post reviews and ensures all vulnerabilities are identified, analyzed, reported, and tracked for effective remediation and prioritization. Determines the security requirements by evaluating business strategies and requirements; researching information security standards; conducting system security, vulnerability analysis, and risk assessments.Subject matter expertise on the hacking mechanism and safeguards guides team members on respective security areas, should be aware of the regulatory compliance requirements, and provide recommendations to reduce regulatory non-compliance. Providing security solutions around Applications, Infrastructure, and Cloud Services-depth in at least one or more of these areas is required to succeed in the role. Will support security assessments of infrastructure and applications, help define security standards, and develop and validate security control implementation.Responsibilities

• Work with engineering teams to embed security design principles and activities in the engineering development lifecycle.
• Evaluate security architectures and designs to understand the effectiveness of these designs from a security perspective. Provide advice and support in remedying any gaps.
• Research & propose practical security solutions for security patterns and the security architecture team, to provide a fine balance between user experience, performance, and security.
• Work closely with Program Managers and team leads to build security into projects.
• Define foundational security requirements for any mobile and web application solution including its underlying infrastructure
• Designs security reference architectures in accordance with security standards and various regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Assists in the evaluation and threat modeling of overall risk for systems (including data), accounting for the people, processes, and technologies that provide security controls
• Architects, prioritize, coordinate, and communicate the choice of security technologies necessary to ensure a highly secure yet usable computing environment
• Provide security architecture and advice in one or more areas of expertise: application development, infrastructure, and enterprise technology projects.
• Provide security requirements for a wide variety of technologies used in digital platforms e.g. third party libraries, SDKs, API integration

• Understand the security technology utilized in Securrency

• Understand security guidelines, policies, and procedures implemented?

• Analyze a current security architecture for deficiencies

• Develop security architecture standards.
• Designs and implements secure architectures and translate standards, business processes, and frameworks into internal policies.
• Develop Architecture Documentation with preventive and detective safeguards

• Identify and assess security risks to security architecture-related processes, prioritizing them and determine mitigation actions.
• Document the requirements, procedures, and protocols of the architecture and systems
• Implement effective security architecture processes.
• Ensure the effectiveness of implemented safeguards.
• Manage and develop new strategies, safeguards, and overall policies.?

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