Senior Security Enterprise Architect: Cloud & E‑Commerce

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional development support

Leadership opportunities

Modern tools & security technologies

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy is seeking a Lead Security Enterprise Architect for a major retail and distribution client based in Dubai. You will define and implement an enterprise-wide security architecture across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments, shaping standards and roadmaps to balance risk and growth.

You will translate business risk into architectural solutions, advise on secure integrations for e-commerce and POS systems, and mentor engineering teams to embed security by design

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise security architecture, with proven delivery of secure designs across multi-domain enterprise environments.
• Deep technical knowledge of cloud security (public and hybrid), identity and access management, network security, encryption and secure software design.
• Proven experience assessing vendor and third-party risk and defining security requirements for commercial integrations.
• Strong capability in producing architecture artefacts, threat models and executive-level briefings.
• Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF or cloud provider security credentials preferred.
• Experience in retail, distribution or high-volume transactional environments, including point-of-sale or e-commerce platforms preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to influence senior business and technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain an enterprise security architecture framework, principles and reference designs aligned to business objectives and regulatory obligations.
• Conduct architecture reviews and risk assessments for high-impact projects and programmes, delivering practical mitigation plans.
• Architect secure solutions for cloud, hybrid and on-premises platforms including identity, network segmentation, data protection and application security patterns.
• Define and enforce security controls for e-commerce, point-of-sale and supply chain systems and integrate them into delivery lifecycles.
• Assess third-party security posture, lead security requirements during procurement and manage secure vendor integrations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering and operations teams to promote security-by-design and reusable secure patterns.
• Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews to strengthen architecture and prevent recurrence.
• Produce clear architecture documentation, threat models, trade-off analyses and briefings for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise security architecture

Cloud security (public & hybrid)

Identity and access management

Network security

Threat modelling

Executive briefings

Vendor risk assessment

Education

CISSP

SABSA

TOGAF

Job description

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy is seeking a Lead Security Enterprise Architect for a major retail and distribution client based in Dubai. You will define and implement an enterprise-wide security architecture across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments, shaping standards and roadmaps to balance risk and growth.

You will translate business risk into architectural solutions, advise on secure integrations for e-commerce and POS systems, and mentor engineering teams to embed security by design