Cyber Security Architect

Sabeo; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Part time

Job summary

Sabeo is seeking a Cyber Security – Architecture and Assurance Lead for an initial 6-month contract in North Dublin with hybrid work (3 days onsite). The role provides independent challenge and assurance across the programme lifecycle, identifying risks, dependencies, and recovery constraints while ensuring solutions follow best practices and meet recovery objectives.

Responsibilities include leading the technical architecture for the Cyber Recovery Programme, defining standards, reviewing

Qualifications

• Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, or Cyber Recovery.
• Experience designing and governing Cyber Recovery, Disaster Recovery, or Operational Resilience programmes.
• Experience in Critical Infrastructure sectors or NIS2-regulated environments (desirable).
• Experience leading Design Authority, Architecture Governance, and Technical Assurance.
• Proven experience managing architecture across multi-supplier technology programmes.
• Strong understanding of recovery architectures and resilience frameworks.
• Strong understanding of Identity, Access Management, and recovery authentication models.
• Experience with VMware vSphere, enterprise infrastructure, storage, and virtualization.
• Experience with SQL Server, Oracle RAC, and enterprise database recovery.
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container platform recovery.
• Experience with immutable backup platforms, cyber recovery vaults, air-gapped solutions.
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure, hybrid cloud services, and recovery models.
• Strong risk assessment, dependency analysis, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience supporting recovery testing, cyber exercises, validation activities, and readiness assessments.
• Strong stakeholder management and technical documentation skills.
• Industry certifications such as TOGAF, SABSA, CISSP, Azure Architect, VMware, etc.

Responsibilities

• Become the technical architecture lead for the Cyber Recovery Technology Programme.
• Develop, maintain, and govern the Target Cyber Recovery Architecture.
• Define architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and design patterns for cyber recovery.
• Ensure all workstreams, technologies, and suppliers integrate into a cohesive recovery capability.
• Review and assure technical designs produced by internal teams and third parties.
• Challenge architectural decisions and supplier proposals.
• Identify architectural risks, dependencies, and single points of failure.
• Validate recovery strategies, operating models, and roadmaps.
• Support procurement activities, technology evaluations, and supplier selection.
• Participate in Design Authority and technical governance forums.
• Review recovery runbooks, methodologies, and testing approaches.
• Support cyber recovery testing, simulations, and readiness reviews.
• Produce architecture assurance reports and dependency assessments.
• Ensure solutions meet Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives.
• Review industry trends to maintain best-in-class recovery capability.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Cyber Recovery

Disaster Recovery

Operational Resilience

Design Authority

Architecture Governance

Technical Assurance

Multi-supplier Management

Identity & Access

Recovery Testing

Stakeholder Management

Documentation

Risk Assessment

Problem Solving

Education

TOGAF

SABSA

CISSP

Azure Architect

VMware

Tools

VMware vSphere

OpenShift

Kubernetes

SQL Server

Oracle RAC

Azure

Microsoft 365

Job description

Cyber Security – Architecture and Assurance Lead

Initial 6 months contract(Possibility of Extension).

North Dublin - Hybrid, 3 days onsite mandatory.

Architecture and Assurance Lead.

Architecture and Assurance Lead will provide independent challenge and assurance across the programme lifecycle, identifying risks, dependencies, integration challenges, and recovery constraints while ensuring solutions adopt industry best practices and support client's target recovery objectives.

• Become the technical architecture lead for the Cyber Recovery Technology Programme.
• Develop, maintain, and govern the Target Cyber Recovery Architecture.
• Define architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and design patterns for cyber recovery and operational resilience.
• Ensure all programme workstreams, technologies, and suppliers integrate into a cohesive recovery capability.
• Review and assure technical designs produced by internal teams and third-party suppliers.
• Challenge technical assumptions, architectural decisions, and supplier proposals.
• Identify architectural risks, technical debt, hidden dependencies, and single points of failure.
• Validate recovery strategies, recovery operating models, and technology roadmaps.
• Support procurement activities, technology evaluations, and supplier selection exercises.
• Participate in Design Authority and technical governance forums.
• Review and assess recovery runbooks, recovery methodologies, and recovery testing approaches.
• Support cyber recovery testing, simulation exercises, and recovery readiness reviews.
• Produce architecture assurance reports, dependency assessments, and technical recommendations.
• Ensure programme solutions align with agreed Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).
• Review industry trends, emerging technologies, and cyber recovery best practices to ensure DAA adopts a best-in-class recovery capability.
• Provide architecture leadership and assurance across recovery infrastructure, immutable backup platforms, cyber recovery vaults, clean room environments, application recovery workstreams, and supporting technology domains.

Expected Knowledge & Qualifications

1. 1. Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, or Cyber Recovery
2. 2. Demonstrable experience designing and governing Cyber Recovery, Disaster Recovery, or Operational Resilience programmes (Essential)
3. 3. Experience working within Critical Infrastructure, Transport, Aviation, Utilities, Financial Services, or NIS2-regulated environments (Highly Desirable)
4. 4. Experience leading Design Authority, Architecture Governance, and Technical Assurance
5. 5. Proven experience managing architecture across multi-supplier technology programmes
6. 6. Strong understanding of recovery architectures, cyber resilience principles, and operational resilience frameworks (Essential)
7. 7. Strong understanding of Identity, Access Management, Active Directory, MFA, PAM, and recovery authentication models (Essential)
8. 8. Experience with VMware vSphere, enterprise infrastructure, storage, and virtualisation
9. 9. Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle RAC, and enterprise database recovery
10. 10. Experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container platform recovery
11. 11. Experience with immutable backup platforms, cyber recovery vaults, air-gapped recovery solutions, and clean room environments (Essential)
12. 12. Knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure, hybrid cloud services, and enterprise platform recovery models (Desirable)
13. 13. Strong risk assessment, dependency analysis, and problem-solving capabilities (Essential)
14. 14. Experience supporting recovery testing, cyber exercises, validation activities, and recovery readiness assessments (Essential)
15. 15. Strong stakeholder management, communication, and technical documentation skills
16. 16. Industry certifications such as TOGAF, SABSA, CISSP, Azure Architect, VMware, or
17. 17. Good understanding of ITIL practices, governance, change management, and continual