Global Information Security Architect in Vancouver

As one of Canada’s leading commercial real estate services firms, we are driven by our mission to accelerate success for our people, clients, and communities. A career at Colliers gives you the opportunity to make an impact, advance your career, and collaborate with top-tier talent.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Global Information Security Architect to join our global information security team. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining, maintaining, and governing an end-to-end security solution design that spans global processes, data, people, and technology. This strategic role involves creating conceptual, logical, and implementation architecture views aligned with global business needs. A key focus will be to provide expert recommendations on security best practices that are business enablers, balancing the risk tolerance of Colliers while ensuring systems are secure and private by design.

• Lead the security architecture strategy for cloud migration and modernization initiatives, specifically within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure environments.
• Partner with Engineering and DevOps teams to embed security into the CI/CD pipeline ('Shift Left').
• Develop governance and security guardrails for the adoption of emerging technologies, including Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Develop, maintain, and govern the global security architecture framework.
• Serve as a key member of the Architectural Review Board, providing security recommendations on technology initiatives.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Solution Designers, and technical teams to integrate security and privacy into solution designs.
• Lead the implementation of new security tools and technologies.
• Create and maintain comprehensive security technical architecture design documents and diagrams.
• Identify security gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements.
• Conduct technical documentation reviews, ensuring security considerations are well-defined and implemented.
• Support the development and enforcement of Data security/Application security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Conduct security reviews and assurance activities to identify risks and validate security compliance across corporate systems.
• Continuously monitor the evolving security landscape and technological advancements to adapt and refine risk-based security strategies.

What you bring:

• A minimum of 10-15 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with at least 7 years in a security architecture role.
• Deep expertise in designing Zero Trust architecture.
• Bachelor of Science or Master of Arts in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional such as CISSP, CISM or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, TOGAF, or SABSA.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cloud cybersecurity reference architectures.
• Strong documentation skills for security designs, policies, and procedures.
• Strong knowledge of common vulnerabilities, OWASP Top 10, exploitation techniques, API Security, and Container Security.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Colliers is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. Colliers encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will accommodate applicants' disability-related needs throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.