Cybersecurity Architect

Position Description

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Security Clearance: Eligible for Reliability or Secret Clearance

The Cybersecurity Solution Architect is responsible for designing secure, scalable, and resilient technology solutions that align with organizational security standards, enterprise architecture principles, regulatory requirements, and business objectives.

The role provides cybersecurity architecture leadership across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments and works closely with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, infrastructure and application teams, security operations, risk and compliance teams, and technology vendors.

The Cybersecurity Solution Architect will translate business and technical requirements into practical security architectures, identify security risks and control requirements, evaluate technologies, and provide architectural guidance throughout the solution lifecycle.

Your future duties and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Security Architecture & Solution Design

• Design end-to-end cybersecurity architectures for enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, networks, and digital services.
• Develop security architecture diagrams, solution designs, security patterns, reference architectures, and technical standards.
• Review solution architectures and identify security risks, vulnerabilities, architectural gaps, and required security controls.
• Ensure security requirements are incorporated throughout the solution design and implementation lifecycle.
• Apply security-by-design, defense-in-depth, least privilege, Zero Trust, and secure-by-default principles.
• Provide architectural guidance for on-premises, cloud, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and hybrid environments.
• Evaluate proposed architecture changes and provide recommendations to improve security, resilience, scalability, and operational effectiveness.
  
  

Cloud & Infrastructure Security

• Design and review security architectures for Microsoft Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud environments.
• Define security requirements for cloud identity, networking, workloads, storage, encryption, logging, monitoring, and data protection.
• Provide guidance on secure cloud landing zones, network segmentation, private connectivity, firewalls, WAF, API security, workload protection, and cloud security posture management.
• Assess container, Kubernetes, serverless, and modern application architectures where applicable.
• Support secure integration between cloud and on-premises environments.
  
  

Identity & Access Management

• Develop architecture and security patterns for Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Provide guidance on authentication, authorization, Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), federation, Privileged Access Management (PAM), and identity governance.
• Apply Zero Trust principles to identity, endpoint, application, network, and data access.
• Review service accounts, application identities, machine identities, and privileged access models.
  
  

Application & Data Security

• Provide security architecture guidance throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Define security requirements for applications, APIs, databases, integrations, and third-party services.
• Support secure DevSecOps practices, including security testing and controls within CI/CD pipelines.
• Advise on encryption, key management, secrets management, certificate management, tokenization, and data loss prevention.
• Review application threat models and recommend appropriate mitigating controls.
• Support secure adoption of AI, automation, and emerging technologies where applicable.
  
  

Security Technology & Controls

Provide architectural guidance and technical oversight across security capabilities, including:

• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Operations.
• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR/XDR).
• Network Detection and Response (NDR).
• Firewalls, IDS/IPS, and network segmentation.
• Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Security Service Edge (SSE).
• Cloud security and CNAPP/CSPM.
• Identity and Privileged Access Management.
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
• Vulnerability Management.
• Email and collaboration security.
• Web Application Firewalls and API security.
• Encryption and Key Management.
• Secrets and Certificate Management.
• Security automation and orchestration.
• Backup, recovery, resilience, and ransomware protection.
  
  

Risk, Governance & Compliance

• Perform architectural security assessments and document identified risks and recommended controls.
• Translate cybersecurity policies, standards, regulatory requirements, and risk requirements into technical security controls.
• Support threat modelling and security risk assessments for new solutions and significant technology changes.
• Document architectural decisions, risks, exceptions, assumptions, and compensating controls.
• Support compliance with applicable frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, ISO/IEC 27001, CIS Controls, PCI DSS, and SOC 2.
• Collaborate with Governance, Risk and Compliance teams to ensure appropriate security controls are implemented and evidenced.
  
  

Stakeholder & Project Engagement

• Act as the cybersecurity architecture representative on technology programs and projects.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, Application Development, Data, Security Operations, and business teams.
• Translate complex cybersecurity risks and architectural decisions into clear recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Participate in architecture review boards and security design reviews.
• Work with vendors and technology partners to evaluate proposed products and solutions.
• Review vendor architectures, security capabilities, integration requirements, and technical proposals.
• Provide cybersecurity input into RFPs, RFQs, statements of work, technology evaluations, and procurement activities.
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Typically eight (8) or more years of experience in information technology or cybersecurity, including significant experience in security architecture, engineering, or solution design.
• Strong understanding of enterprise cybersecurity architecture and security design principles.
• Experience designing security solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Strong knowledge of network security, IAM, application security, cloud security, endpoint security, data protection, and security monitoring.
• Experience conducting security architecture reviews, risk assessments, and threat modelling.
• Understanding of modern application architectures, APIs, microservices, containers, and DevSecOps.
• Ability to develop architecture diagrams, technical specifications, security requirements, and solution documentation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to communicate cybersecurity risks and technical concepts effectively to both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with technologies and platforms such as:

• Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Microsoft Entra ID.
• Microsoft Sentinel.
• Microsoft Defender.
• Palo Alto Networks.
• Fortinet.
• CrowdStrike.
• CyberArk.
• Okta.
• Splunk.
• Zscaler.
• ServiceNow.
  
  

Professional Certifications:

Relevant professional certifications are considered an asset, including:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).
• SABSA.
• TOGAF.
• Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert.
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
• Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer.
• GIAC security certifications.
  
  

Key Competencies:

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong capabilities in:

• Cybersecurity solution architecture.
• Enterprise security architecture.
• Cloud and hybrid security.
• Zero Trust architecture.
• Identity and access management.
• Network and infrastructure security.
• Application and API security.
• Data security and privacy.
• Threat modelling and security risk assessment.
• Security technology evaluation.
• Architecture governance.
• Technical documentation.
• Stakeholder engagement and consulting.
• Vendor and solution assessment.
• Technical leadership and decision-making.
  
  

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $90,000-$140,000. This role is an existing vacancy.

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