Global Security Architect

Job Title: Global Security Architect

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Global Security Architect to lead the designing and governing the implementation of secure, scalable, and compliant solutions across the enterprise. This role defines security architecture standards, evaluates risk, and works closely with cross-functional teams to integrate security into business and IT solutions. The architect ensures that enterprise applications, infrastructure, and data assets are protected through well designed security controls and practices aligned with regulatory requirements and cybersecurity frameworks. This role also ensures alignment with Enterprise Architecture (EA) principles, bridging security and enterprise-wide architectural standards.

Key Responsibilities

Platform, Solution Design, and Enterprise Architecture Strategy

• Design secure enterprise solutions aligned with business goals and security policies. Incorporate EA frameworks to ensure consistency and scalability across all business units.
• Develop security architecture standards, blueprints, and patterns for infrastructure, applications, and cloud environments. Collaborate with EA teams to define integrated architecture blueprints.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure the incorporation of security throughout the solution lifecycle.

Technology Evaluation

• Stay up-to-date with cybersecurity threats, industry best practices, and emerging security technologies.
• Evaluate and recommend security tools and platforms (e.g., SIEM, IAM, CASB, EDR, DLP, ZTNA).

Technical Leadership

• Provide handson guidance and thought leadership to infrastructure product teams and engineering and security operations teams.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture and security governance frameworks and actively contribute to EA governance boards and processes.

Integration and Compatibility

• Ensure security solutions integrate with enterprise IT systems, network infrastructure, and cloud platforms.
• Guide the infrastructure product teams in implementing controls that support identity federation, secure access, data protection, and threat detection.

Security and Compliance

• Align solution designs with regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, NIST).
• Conduct security assessments, risk analysis, and architecture reviews.
• Define secure configurations and ensure mitigation of identified vulnerabilities.

Documentation and Communication

• Document security architecture decisions, implementation guidance, and threat models.
• Communicate complex security concepts to both technical and business stakeholders.

Quality Assurance

• Define validation strategies for security controls and incident response capabilities.
• Support the resolution of security incidents related to architectural design.

Technical Direction and Coordination

• Define validation strategies for security controls and incident response capabilities.
• Support the resolution of security incidents related to architectural design.

Requirements Transformation

• Translate business, regulatory, and risk management requirements into secure architecture designs.

Architectural Governance

• Participate in Enterprise Architecture Review Boards to enforce holistic governance.
• Enforce security architecture governance and review processes.
• Approve design exceptions and ensure alignment with security frameworks.

Business Alignment and Integration

• Enforce security architecture governance and review processes.
• Approve design exceptions and ensure alignment with security frameworks.

Scalability, Reliability, and Adaptability

• Design scalable and resilient security solutions that adapt to evolving business and threat landscapes.
• Support enterprise adoption of zero trust and adaptive security models.

Key Competencies

• 10+ years in IT architecture, with at least 5 years focused on security solution architecture in a global enterprise environment.
• Strong expertise in designing and implementing enterprise security platforms across cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Proven experience with IAM, encryption, PKI, SIEM/SOAR, endpoint security, and infrastructure security.
• Knowledge of frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, ISO27001, TOGAF, SABSA, and regulatory requirements (GDPR, PCI-DSS, MAS TRM, etc.).
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, automation, and integration into CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to communicate complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Relevant certifications preferred: CISSP, CISM, CCSP, SABSA, TOGAF, AWS/Azure/GCP Security Architect.

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.