Principal Cybersecurity Architect – Cloud & Network

Ceridian is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.

Our brand promise – Makes Work Life Better™ – is the commitment we make to our employees, our customers and their employees, our partners, and to the communities we operate in around the world. As the pace of change accelerates, our modern technologies help our customers adapt, evolve, and win in today’s borderless, flexible, and skills-based work world.

Dayforce is Ceridian’s award-winning cloud HCM platform. Its single solution, single database, and single continuous calculation engine helps customers achieve increased efficiencies, productivity, and best-in-class compliance. Dayforce is the people platform for the global workforce.

Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work (anywhere in US or Canada)

About The Opportunity

Ceridian is seeking a Cybersecurity Architect Principal (Cloud / Network Security) to join our global Cybersecurity organization.This role is responsible for designing global network & cloud security design solutions.

As a Cybersecurity Architect, you will provide technical leadership, direction, & oversight to deliver timely effective security solutions, capabilities, and tools across the enterprise, to include cloud workloads.This technical role is critical to aligning strategy and execution to increase cybersecurity maturity and to anticipate future requirements for complex traditional, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.

What You’ll Get To Do

• Provide active technical leadership by leading the technical execution of large-scale projects with project managers & Engineering teams
• Conduct threat modeling to identify, communicate, and understand threats and mitigations within the context of protecting enterprise infrastructure and applications
• Provide technical leadership and support not only to cybersecurity team members, but also to infrastructure, engineering, development, and business teams
• Develop and maintain security standards & patterns and participate in Architecture Review Board (ARB)
• Occasionally provide off hours support of new implementations, migrations, or large-scale changes
• Develop and maintain a security reference architecture to ensure optimization and prevention of duplicate controls in the enterprise
• Architect, design, and implement global enterprise network security architecture, connectivity, and security capabilities for public, private, and hybrid environments
• In collaboration with project team provide regular updates on all projects and be proactive with communication to all parties on timelines and concerns
• Design cloud networking zero trust segmentation models in multi-cloud environment
• In close partnership with Engineering, document design to ensure a smooth transition to daily operational support

What’s In It For You

• YOUnity diversity and inclusion programs
• Opportunities to fuel your career growth through numerous internal and external programs and events
• Encouragement to be the best version of yourself at and away from work:
• Amazing time away from work programs
• Giving where you’re living: volunteer days, Ceridian sponsored events, and our very own charity, Ceridian Cares
• Recognition for your contributions through excellent pay, perks, and rewards
• Support for your total well-being through our Live Well, Work Well programs targeting all aspects of your life

Skills And Experience We Value

• Hands-on experience in cloud networking technologies and multi-cloud connectivity (VPCs, Transit Gateways, NSGs, VNets, Virtual Hub, Load Balancers, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills needed to communicate complex problems to both technical and executive audiences as well as influence the decision-making process.
• Experience in secure cloud architecture including containers, SDN, HA, serverless compute
• Strong understanding of DNS, DHCP and IAM
• In depth knowledge and hands-on experience with multi-cloud connectivity, modern & legacy data center networks, as well as WAN architecture
• Comfortable working with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, Bash
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Industry certifications, such as:
• 10+ years’ experience in a network engineering function providing core network services for public, private, and hybrid environments
• Experience with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) tools
• Working knowledge of DevOps, IAC (Terraform/ARM), source code management tools (Azure DevOps), pipeline deployments, cloud native logging, cloud secrets management
• In depth knowledge of cloud computing environments including software-, infrastructure-, and platform-as-a-service, as well as public, private, and hybrid environments.
• Working knowledge of compliance requirements such as NIST 800-171 and cloud security benchmarks
• Working knowledge in Azure / AWS Public Cloud, Cloud Native Design, Microservice Architecture, and Containerization
• 10+ years’ hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating complex multi-vendor, multi-cloud enterprise networks
• Experience working effectively in virtual environment where key team members and partners are in various global time zones
• In depth knowledge of automating network infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates and third-party network security appliances
• Azure / AWS security and/or networking specialty certifications (strongly preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree is a plus
• Experience in modern remote access technologies (SSE, SASE)
• Working knowledge of application development practices, CI/CD pipelines, & shift left best practices
• In depth knowledge in designing cloud zero trust networking segmentation in multi-cloud environments
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

Ceridian is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment. We provide our employees with comprehensive benefits for various life circumstances and needs, great opportunities for career development, and a balanced lifestyle to achieve personal and professional success. We encourage all individuals to apply for positions that fit their passions.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

About The Salary Ranges

Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.

The range provided is in Canadian Dollars.

Fraudulent Recruiting

Beware of fraudulent recruiting activity! If you are contacted by a Ceridian Recruiter or other Ceridian employee, you will be provided with an @ceridian.com email. If you are contacted by someone who uses any other email domain, despite their use of our company logo or company name in their social media handle/profile, the contact could be fraudulent. Please also note, Ceridian will not request or send money and/or a check at any time during the recruiting or hiring process, ask you to order any equipment or supplies, or ask for any sensitive personal data, such as National ID numbers, via email or phone. Sensitive personal data is only collected post-hire, via new hire forms directly in Dayforce. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Ceridian employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: https://www.ceridian.com/company/corporate/be-aware-recruiting-fraud.

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