Senior Banking Security Architect & Strategy Lead

Client of Forsyth Barnes; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Principal Security Engineer role will define and advance the technical direction of security engineering across critical banking systems and enterprise technology services. This role translates security strategy into practical architecture, engineering standards and controls protecting identities, infrastructure, applications, networks and data.

The position is based in Abu Dhabi and requires extensive experience in cybersecurity engineering and security architecture within regulated

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in cybersecurity engineering, security architecture or a closely related technical leadership discipline
• Proven responsibility for designing and implementing security capabilities within banking, financial services or another highly regulated environment
• Strong understanding of identity and access management, cryptography, network security, cloud security, application security, endpoint controls and security monitoring
• Demonstrated ability to convert threat scenarios and risk assessments into proportionate technical controls
• Practical experience establishing security standards, reference architectures, engineering processes and control assurance activities
• Confidence reviewing complex technology designs and challenging decisions that could increase operational or regulatory exposure
• Knowledge of recognised cybersecurity frameworks, secure development practices, vulnerability management and regulatory expectations relevant to financial institutions
• Exceptional communication skills, with the judgement to influence senior stakeholders and provide clear direction to technical teams

Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision and engineering roadmap for enterprise cybersecurity capabilities
• Architect security controls for banking platforms, cloud services, infrastructure, applications, networks and data environments
• Evaluate solution designs and provide clear security requirements throughout the project lifecycle
• Strengthen identity and access management, privileged access, encryption, key management, endpoint protection and security monitoring capabilities
• Lead the technical assessment of vulnerabilities, threats, control weaknesses and remediation options
• Define repeatable engineering patterns, reference architectures and secure configuration standards
• Partner with architecture, infrastructure, software delivery, operations, risk, audit and compliance stakeholders
• Review security incidents and emerging threats to identify lasting engineering improvements

Job description

The Principal Security Engineer role will define and advance the technical direction of security engineering across critical banking systems and enterprise technology services. This role translates security strategy into practical architecture, engineering standards and controls protecting identities, infrastructure, applications, networks and data.

The position is based in Abu Dhabi and requires extensive experience in cybersecurity engineering and security architecture within regulated