Senior Security Enterprise Architect - Flexible Retail & Cloud

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy; Dubai; On-site; AED 520,000 - 760,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development support

Flexible working arrangements

Leadership of strategic initiatives

Access to modern security tools

Job summary

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy leads the security architecture function for a major retail and distribution group in Dubai, shaping standards across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments. The Lead Security Enterprise Architect translates business risk into secure architectural solutions and oversees secure integrations for e-commerce and POS platforms.

The role includes guiding threat modeling, security pattern development and executive-level briefings to stakeholders amid a demanding regional

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise security architecture across multi-domain environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security (public & hybrid) and IAM.
• Experience assessing vendor and third-party risk for commercial integrations.
• Ability to produce architecture artefacts and executive briefings.

Responsibilities

• Establish enterprise security architecture framework and reference designs.
• Conduct architecture reviews and risk assessments for high-impact projects.
• Architect secure cloud, hybrid and on-premises solutions with identity, network segmentation, data protection, and app security patterns.
• Define security controls for e-commerce, POS and supply chain systems and integrate into delivery lifecycles.
• Assess third-party security posture and manage secure vendor integrations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering and operations teams.

Skills

Enterprise security architecture

Cloud security

Identity and access management

Network security

Encryption

Secure software design

Tools

Threat modeling

Architecture artefacts

Job description

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy leads the security architecture function for a major retail and distribution group in Dubai, shaping standards across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments. The Lead Security Enterprise Architect translates business risk into secure architectural solutions and oversees secure integrations for e-commerce and POS platforms.

The role includes guiding threat modeling, security pattern development and executive-level briefings to stakeholders amid a demanding regional