(Contractor) Solutions Architect / Security Lead

<meta><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.25pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><i><em style="font-size:10.25pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">C2C is not available</em></i></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.25pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><i><em style="font-size:10.25pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship</em></i></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.25pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><b><strong style="font-size:15pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">A Day in the Life:</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Define and govern the overall technical architecture for a complex, multi-workflow enterprise financial platform, serving as the central authority on cross-team technical contracts, shared data schemas, and integration point specifications</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead security architecture and compliance hardening across the platform, applying security-by-design principles, least-privilege access models, and audit trail design in a regulated financial services environment</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Coordinate penetration testing, planning, and execution in partnership with the Senior Pen Tester, ensuring readiness against BaFin and GDPR regulatory standards</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Establish and enforce shared data schemas, API contracts, and integration specifications across parallel delivery pods, maintaining architecture governance continuity as teams converge</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Design and oversee Azure-native cloud infrastructure, including Key Vault, Entra 2FA, App Service, AKS, networking, and IAM configurations</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Drive SAP integration architecture and ERP data exchange patterns at enterprise scale, ensuring seamless connectivity across platform components</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Engage directly with enterprise architecture, compliance, and security stakeholders to align technical decisions with organizational standards and regulatory obligations</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Participate in key design and review milestones across all delivery pods, providing architectural guidance and removing cross-team blockers in real time</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.25pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><b><strong style="font-size:15pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">What it takes:</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Deep expertise in solutions or enterprise architecture on Azure-native cloud platforms, including Key Vault, Entra 2FA, App Service, AKS, networking, and IAM</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Proven experience leading security architecture and compliance hardening in regulated financial services environments</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong understanding of security-by-design principles, least-privilege access models, and audit trail design</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ability to establish and enforce cross-team architecture governance, including shared data schemas, API contracts, and integration specifications</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience coordinating penetration testing and audit readiness in BaFin and GDPR-regulated contexts</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Consultative approach to engaging directly with enterprise architecture, compliance, and security stakeholders at large, complex organizations</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Familiarity with SAP integration architecture and ERP data exchange patterns at enterprise scale</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ability to maintain architecture continuity and technical authority across parallel delivery teams through convergence</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong problem-solving skills to navigate complex cross-pod technical dependencies and integration challenges</span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span 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