Senior Cybersecurity Architect

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH in Barcelona is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect to join our global cybersecurity organization. You will lead security architecture reviews and threat modelling for enterprise platforms, cloud services, and AI-enabled solutions, influencing critical design decisions throughout the solution lifecycle.

You will collaborate with enterprise architects, engineers, product teams and cybersecurity specialists to drive secure designs, define security requirements, and

Qualifications

• Experience in security architecture reviews and threat modelling for complex enterprise solutions.
• Strong knowledge of cloud and application security, IAM, APIs, data protection.
• Willingness to develop expertise in AI security areas such as generative/agentic AI.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture reviews and threat modelling for critical enterprise platforms, applications, cloud services, integrations and AI solutions.
• Identify technical risks and define security requirements involving identities, data, trust boundaries and connected services.
• Drive review and approval of architecture decisions, as-built designs and architecture changes for critical solutions.
• Improve architecture processes, standards, reference designs and reusable security guardrails from recurring findings.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, engineering, platform and cybersecurity teams to guide secure designs and communicate residual risks.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modelling

Cloud security

Identity & access management

Containers

CI/CD security

AI security interest

Education

Degree in CS/InfoSec/Engineering

Job description

Manager job title: Head of IT INF Cyber Detection
Area - Department: IT Infrastructure
Deadline for internal application: 06/11/26

Senior Cybersecurity Architect

Join our global cybersecurity organization and help embed security into critical enterprise solutions, platforms, applications and emerging technologies. You will work closely with enterprise and solution architects, engineers, product teams and cybersecurity specialists to influence important design decisions throughout the solution lifecycle. Artificial intelligence security, including generative and agentic AI, will be an important focus of your work.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Lead security architecture reviews and threat modelling for critical enterprise platforms, applications, cloud services, integrations and artificial intelligence solutions.
• Identify technical risks and define special security requirements involving identities, data, trust boundaries, privileged capabilities and connected services.
• Drive the review and approval of security architecture decisions, as-built designs and material architecture changes for critical solutions.
• Turn recurring findings and root causes into improved architecture processes, standards, reference designs and reusable security guardrails.
• Work closely with enterprise architecture, engineering, platform and cybersecurity teams to guide secure designs, communicate residual risks and help teams achieve secure outcomes.

Requirements

• A degree in computer science, information security, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Comprehensive experience in security architecture or a closely related area, including security reviews, threat modelling and architecture decision-making for complex enterprise solutions.
• Experience with modern cloud and application architectures, including identity and access management, application programming interfaces, data protection, workload identities, containers and software-delivery pipelines.
• Interest in and willingness to develop expertise in artificial intelligence security areas such as generative or agentic AI, AI threat modelling, secure retrieval, agent identity, prompt-injection protection, data security, model security or AI monitoring. Prior experience is welcome but not required, as this capability is expected to become an important part of the role.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills, professional proficiency in English, and the ability to challenge constructively and influence decisions across global teams.

With us, you can grow, collaborate, innovate, and improve lives. We offer challenges in a global, respectful, and family-like work environment where ideas drive our innovative mindset. Flexible learning and continuous development for our team are key because your growth is our growth.