Senior Cybersecurity Architect: Zero Trust & Cloud Security

IBM; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career path

Training & certs

Knowledge sharing

Impactful projects

Creative environment

Job summary

IBM Switzerland is seeking an experienced Senior Cybersecurity Architect to join our Delivery Center in Zürich. You will define secure architecture principles, guide projects, and embed security by design across cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid environments, collaborating with technology leaders and engineers.

You will translate security requirements into practical solutions, drive Zero Trust, IAM, data protection, and cloud security initiatives, and communicate complex concepts to executives and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in cybersecurity architecture, security engineering, or related field.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture and security-by-design principles.
• Proven experience designing security solutions across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Knowledge of IAM, network and application security, cloud security, and data protection.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain cybersecurity architecture principles, standards, patterns, and reference architectures.
• Design secure architectures across cloud, on-premises, applications, networks, data, and identity.
• Provide security architecture guidance for major technology projects and transformation initiatives.
• Conduct architecture and security reviews, identify risks, and recommend controls and mitigations.
• Partner with Enterprise, Solution, and Technical Architects to embed security by design.
• Develop and promote Zero Trust, identity and access management, network security, data protection, and cloud security capabilities.
• Evaluate new technologies, platforms, and security solutions and assess their security implications.
• Support threat modelling, risk assessments, and security design decisions.
• Ensure alignment with security policies, regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the organization\'s cybersecurity strategy.
• Communicate complex security concepts clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Security engineering

IAM

Zero Trust

Cloud security

Data protection

Network security

Incident response

Regulatory compliance

Job description

IBM Switzerland is seeking an experienced Senior Cybersecurity Architect to join our Delivery Center in Zürich. You will define secure architecture principles, guide projects, and embed security by design across cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid environments, collaborating with technology leaders and engineers.

You will translate security requirements into practical solutions, drive Zero Trust, IAM, data protection, and cloud security initiatives, and communicate complex concepts to executives and