Lead Security Architect - Rackspace Egypt - Remote Bookmark Share Print 217 0 0

Listing Description

Rackspace Technology is a leading provider of expertise and managed services across all the major public and private cloud technologies. We’ve evolved Fanatical Support to encompass the entire customer journey — providing Fanatical Experience™ from first consultation to daily operations. Our passionate experts combine the power of proactive, always-on service and expertise with best-in-class tools and automation to deliver technology when and how our customers need it.
 
We are looking for a Lead Security Architect to support our prospective and existing customers. The primary focus will be on helping customers to assess their cloud security posture. You will be required to build detailed security processes, policies and compliance procedures, for any subsequent cloud design and build.
 
This role is particularly well-suited to a forward thinking, experienced and motivated Security Architect, who has a proven track record in solutioning enterprise grade organisational security including private cloud (VMWare/OpenStack) and datacentre environments.
 
Frequent travel to a customer-site in Saudi Arabia will be required.
 
Arabic language skills will be highly advantageous.

Key Accountabilities
  • Consulting with technical and non-technical customer stakeholders on the security requirements at an organisational, infrastructure and application level.
  • Be responsible for designing and producing documentation to support secure solutions and topologies for our customers
  • Be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for advising and guiding customers on their cloud security journey, establishing a long-term trusted advisor role
  • Engaging with customers to help assess their cloud security posture and to ensure any subsequent cloud design and build is appropriately secured. This may be applicable to a customer’s single cloud, or multi-cloud environment, or when a customer wishes to move its environment from on-premise to the cloud
  • Provide guidance to customers on their cloud security roadmap and assist on defining the right-size cloud security controls  
  • Liaise closely with the customer’s architects and engineers and advise, design and deliver innovative cloud security Proof of Concepts
  • Establish best-practices for the consultancy resulting in standardized engagement models and repeatable ways-of-working
  • Assist in development and execution of information security, compliance, and risk best practices through audits, assessments, and policy-making.
  • Create risk remediation plans with customer stakeholders and follow through in the implementation of changes.
  • Communicate the value of IT Risk, Compliance, and Information Security within the organization. 

  • Skills & Experience
  • Experience of solutioning for large-scale, private cloud environments (ideally VMWare or OpenStack)
  • Mastery knowledge of IT General Computing Controls
  • Knowledge of security standards (good practice) such as NIST, ISO 27001, OWASP, and UAE national standards.
  • A highly self-motivated and proactive individual who wants to learn and grow and has an attention to detail.
  • An individual who shows a willingness to go above and beyond in delighting the customer.
  • A good communicator who can explain security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
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    About Rackspace Technology
    We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.
     
     
    More on Rackspace Technology
    Though we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.


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