Director, Security Solution Architect (Information Technology)

Job Classification:

Technology - Architecture

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you'll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world's leading financial services institutions.

As a Director, Security Solution Architect on the Global Technology Architecture team, you will help advance the strategies of the business and corporate functions focused on securing, simplifying, and modernizing of technology stacks by leveraging architectural principles and patterns. You have a deep and broad knowledge of technology security and security frameworks, a strong passion for managing cyber risks and protecting customer information, company infrastructure, applications, and assets, and you work efficiently with business and technology partners on educating and influencing them on the topics of Cybersecurity and Enterprise Architecture (EA).  You will advise on deployments of solutions that are consumable and available across the enterprise and provide architecture consulting on large, business critical programs and initiatives that have high business visibility, impact and/or risk and complexity.  You will help establish and maintain enterprise security patterns, as well as solution architectures, and processes to adequately protect information and technology assets.

This role requires a unique combination of skills: strong technical experience, experience working across large enterprises, and the ability to learn businesses quickly.  You will be working hands on to develop and validate patterns prior to working with enablement teams to ensure they can be integrated and supported enterprise wide.  This role has a high collaboration requirement and requires a thought leader dedicated to challenging the status and striving for continuous improvement.

Location: Preference for Newark, NJ hybrid (minimum 2 days/week in office). Will consider virtual for qualified candidates outside of the commutable Newark office.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day:

• Key thought leader, collaborator, and contributor, partnering across Architecture domains to author and maintain architecture patterns and reference architectures to ensure information and technology assets are adequately protected by design and are deployed in alignment with other architecture domains (i.e. Data, Infrastructure) and with Prudential's business strategies and enterprise goals.
• Collaborate with partners and the broader EA community to ideate on simple, scalable, and reliable solutions. Gain feedback and acceptance of solutions.
• Align to enterprise architectural standards and create domain architecture artifacts. Define logical abstracted patterns and reference architecture as the foundation for architecture standards. Define roadmap and reference architecture to implement architecture standards. Ensure architecture patterns are modern/current and built for reusability and can be easily explained, adopted and leveraged across global technology.
• Consult with engineering teams on defining the solution implementation that aligns with modern/current Patterns and Reference Architecture; Co-create and evaluate reference implementations that can be leveraged by engineering teams. Partner with engineering teams to explain and evangelize patterns and reference architectures, drive the adoption of architecture principles and patterns and influence implementation solutions in alignment with our modernization goals.
• Evaluate implementation of solutions and influence design of solution architecture for alignment with EA patterns and corporate security standards (includes integrations, technology platforms, capacity, and performance management plan) and for alignment with business strategies and enterprise goals. Identify and classify tech debt where solutions deviate from alignment; influence teams to modernize and avoid tech debt.
• Ensure solution architecture designs align with corporate security requirements, policies, and standards.
• Review new technology use cases, define/design Enterprise Architecture Review Board (EARB)-approved architecture patterns, and build accelerators (e.g., code templates, reference architectures) to enable rapid adoption and implementation by Security, Infrastructure, Application, and Platform Product teams.
• Partner with process and technology owners to ensure their alignment with applicable strategies, roadmaps, target state architectures and the incorporation of security and enterprise architectural principles and patterns.
• Provide solution architecture consultation and support for initiatives and product teams; educate business and technology communities across all levels of the organization on security architecture, including patterns, standards, trends, best practices, opportunities and challenges.
• Scan the market for emerging cybersecurity solutions and new architectural concepts that address challenges or enable new capabilities.
• Recommend new technologies to address challenges or deliver solutions where existing technology doesn't exist, existing technology doesn't adequately meet business needs, or new technology delivers better outcomes (e.g., higher performance, lower cost, enhanced security, etc.).
• Work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables and may impact future concepts, products or technologies.
• Demonstrate a talent mindset by evangelizing architecture transformation, influencing adoption of the transformation and driving modernization goals through architecture consultation.

The Skills & Expertise You Bring:

• Technical Acumen:

• At least 7+ years technology experience in Security Architecture or Security Engineering, in one or more of the following domains (comparable alternative experience will be considered): Public Cloud IaaS, Data, Platform, CI/CD Pipeline/Application Security.
• Solid understanding of primary capabilities of enterprise infrastructure building blocks, including network components and protocols, servers, storage, databases, virtualization, containerization.
• Advanced understanding of security architecture for at least one type of Operating System (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple MacOS).
• Experience applying a multi-domain approach to creating holistic solutions that support business and technology processes.

• Modern Architecture Thought Leadership: knowledge of application development and architectural frameworks and best practices with the ability to apply those patterns and trends to help establish enterprise foundations and platform roadmaps aligning to the business.

• Influencing & Building Relationships: ability to build collaborative relationships and guide/influence engineering teams credibly and consistently on cybersecurity and software architecture best practices.

• Communication Skills: ability to clearly communicate the vision and target state architecture and influence the adoption of Enterprise Architecture principles, patterns, reference architecture and standards to demonstrate progress on maturing cybersecurity and technology.

•Prioritization Skills: ability to manage multiple efforts across different areas with experience managing projects and schedules to successful completion.

• Intellectual Curiosity: continuous learning mindset with demonstrated aptitude for understanding modern cybersecurity landscape, strategic investments, and new technologies.  Demonstrated growing understanding of business concepts, tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business.

• Outcome Management: demonstrated success in creating specific, measurable, and concrete objectives aligned with business goals by tracking and reporting outcomes over a specified time.

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field, or comparable experience in related fields.

Preferred Additional Skills:

AWS Solutions Architecture

• Infrastructure as code using Terraform or Cloud Formation
• AWS Security Specialty and AWS Certified Solutions Architect certifications
• Continued monitoring and evaluation of AWS catalog for new services and evolution of existing ones

 You'll Love Working Here Because You Can:

Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we'll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You'll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.

What we offer you:

· Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level

· Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave

· Retirement plans:

· 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%)

· Company-funded pension plan

· Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs

· Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.

· Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations.

· Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.

To find out more about our Total Reward package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.

Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $160,700.00 to $217,300.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.