Senior Security Architect — Enterprise Banking

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian Group seeks a Principal Security Engineer to provide technical leadership across cybersecurity engineering initiatives within a major banking environment. The role defines security architecture standards and leads the implementation of advanced security controls across on‑premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.

You will collaborate with engineering, architecture, infrastructure and business teams to build secure, resilient, and compliant technology solutions, mentor engineers, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering or security architecture.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale security architectures.
• Financial services or banking industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across cybersecurity engineering and security architecture initiatives.
• Design and implement enterprise security architectures for critical banking platforms and applications.
• Lead the deployment of advanced security controls across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Define security patterns, standards, and secure design principles for technology teams.
• Mentor security engineers and support capability development across the organization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative security solutions.
• Contribute to security governance, audit, compliance, and assurance activities.

Skills

Cybersecurity Engineering

Security Architecture

Cloud Security

Identity & Access Management

Network Security

Data Security

Threat Detection & Response

Security Frameworks

Leadership

Communication

Education

CISSP certification

OSCP certification

Job description

Halian Group seeks a Principal Security Engineer to provide technical leadership across cybersecurity engineering initiatives within a major banking environment. The role defines security architecture standards and leads the implementation of advanced security controls across on‑premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.

You will collaborate with engineering, architecture, infrastructure and business teams to build secure, resilient, and compliant technology solutions, mentor engineers, and