About NCR Atleos

NCR Atleos, headquartered in Atlanta, is a leader in expanding financial access. Our dedicated 20,000 employees optimize the branch, improve operational efficiency and maximize self-service availability for financial institutions and retailers across the globe.

Job Overview: The Chief Security Architect is a critical member of the CISO’s senior leadership team that is responsible for overseeing the planning, analyzing, designing, assessing, and supporting NCR Atleos’ Global Information Security program. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of security frameworks, controls, risk management as well as cloud computing and web application development practices.

Position Summary and Key Areas of Responsibility

Collaborate with other architecture functions to ensure that security goals are considered in the delivery of new products and services.Review new and emerging security trends to provide guidance and input into the security strategy.Review security processes for efficiency and effectiveness.Develop and deliver presentations to all levels of the organization to promote security concerns and objectives.Review, design and approve information security controls.Evaluate, analyze and document security related risks and present potential impacts and mitigating controls to management for review.Work with key security vendors to ensure the organization is effectively utilizing purchased services and resources.Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the security program to streamline inefficiencies and improve effectiveness.Other duties as assigned.

Skills:

Accountability: Take ownership and responsibility of the security architecture program. Understand the mission and take proactive actions to accomplish it. Be able to work independently and make decisions. Deliver high quality results while quickly identifying and taking any corrective actions necessary.Agility: Adapt quickly to changes. Create structures that allow for quick and effective decision making.Collaboration: Work closely with a wide variety of business and IT personnel to assess security risks and define security requirements.Communication: Clearly and effectively communicate with employees and leaders in all levels of the organization through written, verbal, and visual communication methods.Conflict Management: Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with healthy conflict. Be able to disagree and negotiate with peers in a respectful and professional manner.Critical Thinking: Think beyond the obvious.  Be able to infer questions not being stated.  Provide creative solutions to complex problems.Lifelong Learning: Continually update knowledge about emerging threats and trends in information security.Problem Solving: Develop effective and efficient solutions to complex problems.Relationship Building: Establish strong relationships with other teams within the organization to ensure the successful implementation of security measures.Resilience: Remain robust in the face of potential security threats.Strategic Thinking: Ability to identify strategies that align with organizational goals and the tactical actions needed to achieve it.  Ability to identify tactical actions that do not provide value or are not contributing to the strategy to stop wasteful work.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree and 15+ years of experience in an architecture or security roleExperience with common security frameworks and compliance practices such as, but not limited to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), ISO 27001, NIST 800 series and PCI DSS.

Certifications:

Relevant industry certifications are preferred.

Work Environment: Candidates will be required to work 3 days a week in an office location in Atlanta, GA (midtown) or Frisco, Texas.

Travel: Occasional domestic and international travel may be required.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job.

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Offers of employment are conditional upon passage of screening criteria applicable to the job.

Full time employee benefits include:

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Vision Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

Paid Vacation

401k

EEO Statement
NCR Atleos is an equal-opportunity employer. It is NCR Atleos policy to hire, train, promote, and pay associates based on their job-related qualifications, ability, and performance, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, medical condition, military or veteran status, or any other factor protected by law.

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