Job Title: Security Architect
Job Summary
The Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure enterprise architectures that protect organizational systems, data, and digital assets. This role defines security standards, patterns, and controls across infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms, and networks, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
The Security Architect works closely with IT, engineering, risk, and compliance teams to embed security-by-design into all technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Security Architecture & Design
Define and maintain enterprise security architecture frameworks, principles, and standards
Design secure solutions for applications, infrastructure, cloud, and network environments
Develop security reference architectures and reusable design patterns
Ensure security is Embedded throughout the system development life cycle (SDLC)
Risk Management & Governance
Perform threat modelling, risk assessments, and security architecture reviews
Identify security gaps and recommend mitigation strategies
Ensure alignment with regulatory, compliance, and governance requirements (eg, ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2)
Support audits and security assurance activities
Cloud & Infrastructure Security
Design secure cloud archit...