Cybersecurity Architect

Roles & Responsibilities

The Cyber Security Architect will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's security architecture to protect critical systems, data, and assets. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to balance security requirements with business objectives. The ideal candidate will serve as a key advisor on security design decisions, ensuring that enterprise systems are resilient, compliant, and secure against emerging threats.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design

Develop and maintain the organization's enterprise security architecture framework, principles, and roadmap.

Design and implement secure network, application, and cloud architectures.

Integrate security requirements into infrastructure, application development, and business processes.

Conduct threat modeling and risk assessments for new and existing systems.

Ensure solutions comply with regulatory and industry standards (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, PCI-DSS).

Support audits, assessments, and incident response planning.

Define and maintain security policies, standards, and technical guidelines.

Partner with IT, DevOps, and software engineering teams to embed security into design and development processes (DevSecOps).

Advise senior management on emerging threats and recommended mitigation strategies.

Provide mentorship and technical guidance to security engineers and analysts.

Evaluate and recommend security tools and technologies (e.g., SIEM, IAM, DLP, endpoint protection, cloud security solutions).

Oversee deployment and configuration of security technologies in collaboration with infrastructure teams.

Support secure cloud adoption across AWS, Azure, and / or GCP environments.

Key Skills & Competencies

Qualifications

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)

CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional)

SABSA or TOGAF Certification

CEH / OSCP (for hands-on technical background)

Preferred Experience

Tell employers what skills you have

Information Security

Security Audits

Budgets

Cyber Security

Investments

ISO

Architects

Risk Management

ISO 27001

Service Level

Threat Intelligence

Resource Management

Regulatory Requirements

DNS

Linux

CISSP