Senior Advisor - Security Architecture

Senior Advisor Solution Architect

The Dell Security & Resiliency organization manages the security risk across all aspects of Dell’s business. We are currently experiencing incredible growth in order to meet the security needs of the world’s largest technology company. With team members located in over 15 countries, you will have an excellent opportunity to influence the security culture at Dell and further develop your career. 

Join us as a Senior Advisor on our Cybersecurity - Security Architecture team in Malaysia or India to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

What you’ll achieve

As a Solution Architect you will be a member of our internally facing, corporate Cybersecurity organization with responsibility for contributing significant security experience and technical skillset across a variety of projects and engagements. As a security consultant you will be considered a security and technical expert and will assist in the development and communication of authoritative security-focused policies, standards, guidelines and control requirements. This role interacts with all levels of the organization, particularly within the Global Dell IT organization.

You will:

• Participate on various projects & initiatives across Dell providing security guidance & direction while ensuring adherence to Dell’s security policies & standards.

• Define security requirements while engaging directly with stakeholders within Dell’s Business Units and the Information Technology organizations to ensure products, services and solutions are designed to adhere to those requirements across Dell’s various environments.

• Consult with internal customers like architects, developers, system engineers, project managers and more and provide practical consulting guidance in identifying and mitigating all security risks for the related infrastructure and application security.

• Investigate complex, and sometimes historic practices/solutions to determine gaps and needed improvements and facilitate migration to a preferred state. 

• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of engagements performed, solutions provided, and risks and/or issues identified.

• Develop architectural artifacts and proactive solution architecture to solve for complex business problems based on yearly roadmap planning, incoming security work and domain needs.

• Document security solutions for gaps in business standards that have been identified during internal client engagements.

• Identify use cases and business needs for architectural artifacts and ensure stakeholder approval through an Architecture Peer Review Board.

• Support proactive security solution architecture for identified areas based on Business, Domain, or Risk needs.

• Conduct comprehensive security architecture design reviews and technical assessments.

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in information security/cybersecurity with foundational knowledge of general application, cloud, and network security concepts.

• Strong knowledge and understanding of information security practices and policies, including Information security frameworks, standards, and best practices.

• Strong Technical Skills with an engineering background.

• Foundational knowledge of risk management principles including identifying risks and solutions/remediations for minimizing.

• Ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily understood, authoritative and actionable manner. 

Desirable Requirements

• Knowledge of audit standards, as well as knowledge of regulatory requirements and frameworks such as NIST 800-53, NIST Cyber, ISO 27001, ISO 27002, EU GDPR, PCI and Cyber Essentials framework

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field 

• Information Security Certification(s) – e.g., CISSP, CISM, or CCSP  

Here’s our story; now tell us yours

Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build a brighter digital tomorrow. Our company is made up of more than 150,000 people, located in over 180 locations around the world. We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive team and have an endless passion for our mission to drive human progress. 

What’s most important to us is that you are respected, feel like you can be yourself and have the opportunity to do the best work of your life -- while still having a life. We offer excellent benefits, bonus programs, flexible work arrangements, a variety of career development opportunities, employee resource groups, and much more. 

We started with computers, but we didn’t stop there. We are helping customers move into the future with multi-cloud, AI and machine learning through the most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era. Join us and become a part of what’s next in technology, starting today. 

You can also learn more about us by reading our latest Diversity and Inclusion Report and our plan to make the world a better place by 2030 here.

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