Senior Enterprise Security Architect - Zero Trust Leader

Yallo Talent; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Yallo is seeking a Lead Enterprise Security Architect in Dubai to own the group’s enterprise security architecture strategy and target-state roadmap. You will lead as the senior security authority, ensuring security built-in across transformations and technology investments.

You’ll guide security design across cloud, data, identity, and infrastructure while partnering with technology and business leaders to shape roadmaps and governance forums.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in information security, including at least 10 years in security architecture at enterprise level.
• Experience defining and governing security architecture across a complex, multi-business or global organisation.
• Experience leading security architecture on large transformation, cloud adoption and modernisation programmes.
• Broad, hands-on depth across cloud and hybrid security, IAM, network and infrastructure, application, API and data security, Zero Trust and DevSecOps.
• Experience running a design authority or architecture governance forum.
• Executive presence: able to influence CIO/CISO-level stakeholders and balance business enablement with cyber risk.
• Retail, e-commerce or consumer sector experience, and SAP or ERP transformation experience, are highly desirable.
• Certifications such as CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF, CCSP or cloud security architect certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the group's enterprise security architecture strategy, principles, standards and roadmap.
• Build reference architectures and security patterns for cloud, applications, data, identity and infrastructure.
• Own the Security Design Authority: govern architecture decisions, design exceptions and technology risk.
• Bring security into every new project and BAU change from the start, across e-commerce, digital, SAP and enterprise platforms.
• Carry out security architecture assurance and technical due diligence on new platforms, cloud services and third-party solutions.
• Work with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Digital, Data and Product teams to shape technology roadmaps.
• Represent Information Security at architecture, technology and investment forums.
• Drive Zero Trust, DevSecOps and modern security engineering practices.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

DevSecOps

Zero Trust

Executive influence

Job description

Yallo is seeking a Lead Enterprise Security Architect in Dubai to own the group’s enterprise security architecture strategy and target-state roadmap. You will lead as the senior security authority, ensuring security built-in across transformations and technology investments.

You’ll guide security design across cloud, data, identity, and infrastructure while partnering with technology and business leaders to shape roadmaps and governance forums.