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　　With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

　　Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

　　Job Description:

　　At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both. We’re all about people , and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.

　　As a Cyber Security Architect, you will be part of the Cybersecurity Architecture Team focused on helping design, implement and mature innovative and cutting-edge security capabilities. The Cybersecurity Architecture Team champions secure by design principles into our initiatives, provides hands on technical leadership for security domains, assists with defining vision and execution of strategy aligning to business needs and is expected to help solve wide range of security challenges. The Cybersecurity Architecture Team is part of a highly collaborative Cybersecurity program and an engineering culture driven technology organization. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

　　Responsibilities

　　Demonstrates thorough understanding of cybersecurity technology portfolio, security principles and frameworks. Stays current with emerging technology evolution in cybersecurity and general technology areas, assesses against architecture gaps, overlap with existing solutions or extend capabilities to solve security concerns while considering cost

　　Incorporates knowledge of business priorities, and enterprise technology priorities in building long term cybersecurity technology strategy

　　Identifies, designs, updates and maintains security architecture capabilities for multiple cybersecurity domains and designs security reference architectures to mitigate potential security threats

　　Employs an overall governance model for reviewing architecture across the cybersecurity, enterprise to understand impact to cybersecurity strategy, defining future-state and transition architectures, advancing strategic agendas while tracking and retiring technical debt

　　Develops multi-domain level technology architecture roadmaps in alignment with cybersecurity product domain strategy and enterprise architecture strategy. Manages stakeholder relationships to communicate architecture direction and impacts to one or multiple cybersecurity product domain strategy

　　Leads large or strategic cybersecurity initiatives, develops architecture deliverables which align to business objective / security risks relevant to initiative to securely enable business and benefit realization of investments

　　Develops cross-domain / product value chain models and processes that supports or enables capabilities and align strategic objectives with tactical demands

　　Stays current on relevant industry compliance requirements and emerging ones and incorporates them into strategic plans

　　Minimum Qualifications

　　At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:

　　Bachelors – Computer Science or related

　　10+ Years – Information Security, Engineering, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Technical Architecture or related

　　Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of expert on the Dreyfus architecture scale

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Bonus Points If You Have:

　　Cross domain knowledge of more than one component of the Cybersecurity ecosystem- AppSec, Cryptography & Data Security, Endpoint Security, Identity and Access Management, Network Security, and Cloud Security.

　　Deep understanding of the National Institute of Science and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), MITRE ATT&CK framework, and regulatory constructs such as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

　　In-depth experience in Cloud Service Providers - Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure.

　　An understanding of Zero Trust and micro segmentation principles and concepts.

　　Experience with scripting- bash, PowerShell, python, Go, or java.

　　Experience with cloud native design principles and best practices.

　　Experience with DevOps or traditional application development.

　　In-depth experience with K8s, Open Shift Container Platform, or Pivotal Cloud Foundry.

　　In-depth experience with API security best practices and configuration.

　　Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, and MacOS.

　　Familiarity with the Microsoft M365 ecosystem.

　　Experience with the Open Web Application Security Project Top 10 and remediating vulnerabilities.

　　Experience with Network Security best practices.

　　Experience with secrets management best practices and integrations within pipelines.

　　Experience with IAM technologies such as- identity providers, identity directories, secrets management, privileged access management, multi-factor authenticators, role and attribute-based authorizations, user lifecycle management, and the principle of least privilege.

　　Industry certifications such as CISSP, SANS/GIAC, AWS, GCP, or Microsoft.

　　External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview.

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　　Application Deadline:

　　The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Jan-27-2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

　　Compensation:

　　The base pay for this position generally ranges between $171,000.00 to $235,800.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

　　Benefits:

　　We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

　　Paid Parental Leave

　　Paid Time Off

　　401(k) Plan

　　Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

　　STD, Life, LTD and AD&D

　　Recognition Program

　　Education Assistance

　　Commuter Benefits

　　Family Support Programs

　　Employee Stock Purchase Plan

　　Learn more at MyDiscoverBenefits.com .

　　What are you waiting for? Apply today!

　　All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

　　Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights) (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.eeoc.gov/poster__;!!MjXRb4uW6x5k!ABIVgRw0WsyX2wfQC-pKxK3V9X4h1NBUGgjO7EM8PTvp5MNRgpEuVC_jVk0fcn_ISAZjmwkbLuUIrj8mFedCBkyz$)