Security Architect: Cloud, IAM & Threat Modeling

Phoenix Contact; Województwo wielkopolskie; On-site; PLN 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Contact is seeking an experienced Security Architect to design and maintain enterprise-wide security architectures for global IT services, cloud platforms, and hybrid IT/OT systems. You will translate complex requirements into scalable, secure designs and perform threat modelling and risk analyses.

Required are 5+ years in cybersecurity or IT architecture, plus strong knowledge of identity management, network security, cloud security, and governance.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Business Informatics, Engineering, or a comparable qualification.
• Advanced proficiency in English.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in cybersecurity, IT architecture, infrastructure architecture, or related technical roles.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise IT environments, cloud platforms, network security, identity and access management, and security architecture principles.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise-wide security architectures, security standards, and reference architectures for global IT services, cloud platforms, network environments, and hybrid IT/OT systems.
• Analyse business requirements, technical solutions, and complex IT environments from a cybersecurity perspective and translate them into practical, scalable, and secure architecture designs
• Perform threat modelling, vulnerability assessments, and risk analyses, deriving appropriate security requirements, mitigation measures, and compensating controls.
• Define and review security concepts for identity and access management, privileged access, network segmentation, cloud security, endpoint protection, secure administration, and hybrid IT/OT environments.
• Support international projects and architecture initiatives by conducting security architecture reviews, advising project teams, and ensuring alignment with security standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
• Collaborate closely with Enterprise Architects, Infrastructure Architects, Information Security teams, Service Owners, and operational teams to establish secure and sustainable solutions.
• Develop architecture documentation, security guidelines, reference models, and decision records to support governance, auditability, and knowledge transfer.
• Ensure compliance with internal security policies and external regulations such as GDPR, NIS2, ISO 27001 principles, and the Cyber Resilience Act.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modelling

Risk assessment

Identity & access management

Network security

Cloud security

Zero Trust

Security governance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services

Google Cloud Platform

SIEM/SOC

PKI

Job description

Phoenix Contact is seeking an experienced Security Architect to design and maintain enterprise-wide security architectures for global IT services, cloud platforms, and hybrid IT/OT systems. You will translate complex requirements into scalable, secure designs and perform threat modelling and risk analyses.

Required are 5+ years in cybersecurity or IT architecture, plus strong knowledge of identity management, network security, cloud security, and governance.