Principle Cybersecurity Architect

At Jack Henry, we deliver technology solutions that are digitally transforming and empowering community banks and credit unions to provide enhanced and streamlined user experiences to their customers and members. Our best-in-class products are just the start as we lay the groundwork for the future of digital banking and payments. We hope you'll join us. We can't do it without you. 

The Cyber Security Principal Architect ensures Jack Henry’s cybersecurity strategy and architecture align with business objectives and effectively mitigates potential risks across the Enterprise. This role leverages their expertise to develop and maintain the enterprise-wide security technology architecture approach and associated roadmap(s) in alignment with the organization's business strategy.  The Cyber Security Principal Architect identifies technology trends and innovations to support future growth and competitive advantage.  This position designs, documents, and maintains the enterprise architecture framework, encompassing applications, data, infrastructure, and security and establishes governance processes and standards to guide technology decisions and ensure compliance across various lines of business.

This position can be worked Remotely in the United States. Working hours are flexibly 7am-4pm CST.

What you will be responsible for:

• Strategic Planning:
  1. Aligns organizational goals and objectives with architectural principles and practices.
  2. Develops and maintains a comprehensive cybersecurity architecture aligned with the organization's business objectives (Assessment of Current Architecture, Develop a Target Architecture, Roadmap and Prioritization).
  3. Identifies and assesses potential cybersecurity risks and develops mitigation strategies.
• Portfolio Management: 
  1. Scope includes the entire cybersecurity portfolio, ensuring that projects align with the overall strategy and deliver value to the organization (Tool Selection, Architecture Design, Data Governance, Security and Compliance)
  2. Prioritizes and allocates resources effectively to meet security objectives.
• Architecture Design:
  1. Designs and maintains the cybersecurity architecture, considering the organization's technology stack and future requirements. 
  2. Defines Living Target Architecture (LTA) that refers to an evolving and dynamic version of the target architecture for an organization, and Reference Architecture that is a standardized blueprint or template that provides guidelines, best practices, and recommendations for designing and building systems within Cybersecurity Domain.
  3. Ensures that the architecture meets industry best practices and compliance standards.
• Collaboration
  1. Ensures alignment to Enterprise Architecture principles and roadmaps.
  2. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including Information Technology, Risk Management, Legal, and Compliance, to integrate cybersecurity measures seamlessly into business processes, and ensure solutions meet the diverse needs of the organization.
• Technology Evaluation
  1. Works with external partners and vendors to evaluate and integrate third-party security solutions. 
  2. Stays abreast of emerging cybersecurity technologies and trends.
  3. Guides the technical direction of cybersecurity initiatives, and evaluates and recommends new technologies (holistic vs each domain – across the spectrum of ICS and work in partnership with ICS Operational Towers) that enhance the organization’s cybersecurity posture.
• Risk Management:
  1. Conducts risk assessments and define risk management strategies.
  2. Ensures Architectural alignment with incident response plans to address cybersecurity incidents effectively.
  3. Performs mergers and acquisitions (M&A) due diligence.
• Compliance and Governance:
  1. Ensures compliance with relevant cybersecurity regulations and standards.
  2. Ensures organizational alignment and linkage to cybersecurity controls.
  3. Establishes and maintains governance frameworks for cybersecurity policies and procedures.
• Documentation and Reporting:
  1. Creates and maintains documentation related to cybersecurity architecture, policies, and procedures. Prepares and provides regular reports and presentations to executive leadership on the status, strategy, and planning related to the cybersecurity portfolio. Acts as a mentor to less experienced peers to facilitate their growth.
  2. Provides technical guidance/expertise and thought leadership to other departments.
  3. Drives organizational change management (OCM) to align with the shifting needs of the organization and to work towards standardizing practices and outcomes in the pursuit of risk reduction.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What you will need to have:

What would be nice for you to have:

If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this opportunity. Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement on this positing, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet motivated people who align with Jack Henry's mission and can contribute to our company in a variety of ways.

Why Jack Henry?

At Jack Henry, we pride ourselves through our motto of, 'Do the right thing, do whatever it takes, and have fun.' We recognize the value of our associates and believe much of our company's strength and success depends on their well-being.

We demonstrate our commitment by offering outstanding benefit programs to ensure the physical, mental & financial well-being of our people is always met.

Culture of Commitment

Ask our associates why they love Jack Henry, and many will tell you it is because our culture is exceptional. We do great things together. Rising to meet challenges and seeking opportunities is part of who we are as an organization. Our culture has helped us stay strong through challenging times and we credit our dedicated associates for our success. Visit our Corporate Responsibility site to learn more about our culture and commitment to our people, customers, community, environment, and shareholders.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Jack Henry, we know we are better together. We value, respect, and protect the uniqueness each of us brings. Innovation flourishes by including all voices and makes our business - and our society - stronger. Jack Henry is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, performance management, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, education, training, social, and recreational activities to all persons regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, pregnancy, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, and military and veteran status, or any other protected status protected by local, state or federal law.

No one will be subject to, and Jack Henry prohibits, any form of discipline, reprisal, intimidation, or retaliation for good faith reports or complaints of discrimination of any kind, pursuing any discrimination claim, or cooperating in related investigations.

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