Senior Information Security Architect - Secure by Design & Strategy

Roads and Transport Authority; Dubai; On-site; AED 260,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Roads and Transport Authority in the United Arab Emirates invites an experienced security architect to define enterprise security architecture across the SDLC and govern risk-driven controls.

You will shape security policies, ISMS design patterns, and regulatory-aligned standards, collaborating with enterprise architecture to ensure secure designs and compliance across cloud and on‑premises environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity or related field.
• 6+ years of experience if master's; 8+ years if bachelor's.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise security architecture and control baseline across the SDLC.
• Establish and maintain corporate information-security policies, standards, guidelines, and ISMS design patterns.
• Set Authority security programs and technical standards with Enterprise Architecture; ensure design signoffs.
• Lead architectural reviews for new digital initiatives and ensure security by design.
• Define and govern secure integration patterns for third-party systems and APIs.
• Coordinate with Security Operations Center on incident analysis and remediation.
• Lead IAM, SSO, classification, DLP, SIEM and related platform architectures; verify configuration hardening.
• Coordinate information-systems audits with stakeholders to drive remediation.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Governance

Risk management

Project Management

Security Architecture

Access Governance

Data Classification

Security Audit

Security Compliance

AI-Driven Security

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

IAM

SSO

SIEM

Job description

Roads and Transport Authority in the United Arab Emirates invites an experienced security architect to define enterprise security architecture across the SDLC and govern risk-driven controls.

You will shape security policies, ISMS design patterns, and regulatory-aligned standards, collaborating with enterprise architecture to ensure secure designs and compliance across cloud and on‑premises environments.