Principal Security Architect Cover Letter

Please consider me for the principal security architect opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for input to the development of security policies and standards, define and document security standards, guidelines and processes for cloud and traditional network environments.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Hands-on experience with a security analytics tool such as Splunk
• Evidence of continued formal or self-directed education to maintain technical currency
• Experience supporting enterprise information security operations teams
• Experience working with industry standards such as NIST CSF and ISO 27001
• Experience preparing enterprise organizations for audits such as SOC 2 or PCI
• Effectively understand and communicate the current state of enterprise security across all technologies and environments globally
• Evaluate enterprise security posture and control effectiveness beyond compliance and standards requirements
• Provide recommendations on control placement or configuration to enhance detection and response operations capabilities

Please consider me for the principal security architect opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

Previously, I was responsible for technical security leadership and act as subject matter expert providing network architecture advice during and after security incidents.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Requires expert knowledge of security systems architecture and engineering
• Experience with Windows, Linux/UNIX, network systems, databases, and virtual and cloud computing environments
• Strong IT system and application engineering background
• Strong working knowledge of security issues pertinent to higher education
• Hands on experience with security products such as Qualys, Sophos, Splunk
• Initiative, optimism, flexibility, integrity and follow through
• Develop relationships with the business, take and understand business roadmaps and bring the thinking back into the security services and input into the security strategy
• Provide professional or expert security advice to technology, the business and to projects usually during the pre-project phases during project lifecycles

Please consider me for the principal security architect opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for security expertise and direction on projects related to security architecture and design, implementation, maintenance, governance, and risk management.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Evaluate and improve security event logging across all technologies and environments
• Produce detailed physical, logical network documentation
• Produce detailed documentation on enterprise security controls across all technologies and environments
• Individual with strong technical and leadership skills, that will provide insight to current security initiatives and industry knowledge to drive effective and tailored recommendation to customers
• Familiarity with hosted and cloud services, especially SaaS and IaaS services, and the related security implications and control approaches
• Professional IT security certification(s), such as CISSP, CEH, CISA
• Expert level knowledge of a wide range of security related technologies
• Experience architecting holistic security solutions for the technologies listed above

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the principal security architect position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for security best practice on how network security technologies should define in the cloud.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Profound understanding of TCP/IP, dynamic routing, next-generation firewall technologies, and all other aspects of network security
• Experience in the incident handling procedures and intrusion analysis models
• Proven experience architecting security for large Active Directory and Linux environments in an enterprise setting
• Working knowledge of common security scripting languages (Python, Powershell, Groovy, etc)
• In-depth understanding of OWASP Top 10 and SANS/CIS Top 20 Critical Security Controls
• Experience architecting and managing mixed security environments
• Prior experience implementing and maintaining corporate compliance, privacy, and frameworks such as NIST 800-53, 800-171, ISO 27001, and ISO 27018
• Strongly committed to team-building and staff development

I am excited to be applying for the position of principal security architect. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for routine penetration testing on CenturyLink systems as required for corporate compliance adherence, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), and other industry compliance standards as necessary.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Strong technical knowledge in Cloud and/or Cloud Security Broker solutions
• Strong technical knowledge in Network and security engineering, authentication and security protocols
• Previous involvement with developing and/or maintaining an Enterprise Security Architecture
• Familiarity with and progressive exposure to a wide variety of network, security, and system products and technologies, high-level software development practices
• Possess the skill to communicate highly technical information into an understandable format for business or manager consumption
• Experience with compliance standards such as PCI, HIPAA, CMS, SOX, GLBA
• Experience with risk-based derivation of security requirements and prioritization of gaps
• Understanding of security risks and current solutions at all layers of the OSI model