Cybersecurity Architect Consultant

Client of Salt; Medina; On-site; SAR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Salt in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia is seeking a Cybersecurity Architect Consultant to design and govern enterprise cybersecurity architecture across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms and enterprise technology solutions.

The role requires strong SABSA expertise, regulatory knowledge and governance experience, with responsibilities spanning security principles, technical controls and architectural risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years of cybersecurity experience with architecture and design.
• Strong knowledge of SABSA and enterprise security frameworks.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST, and Saudi NCA frameworks.
• Experience reviewing architectures, risk assessments, and technical designs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and govern enterprise cybersecurity architecture across IT domains.
• Define security principles, standards, policies and controls.
• Lead security architecture assessments for cloud, on-premise and hybrid environments.
• Ensure compliance with Saudi cybersecurity regulations and frameworks.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, infra teams and stakeholders.
• Provide security guidance during solution design and transformation programmes.
• Support Zero Trust, IAM, cloud security and secure systems integration.

Skills

Security architecture

SABSA

ISO 27001

NIST

Cloud security

Hybrid cloud

Documentation

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Location

Al Khobar Saudi Arabia

Industry

Enterprise Technology Supply Chain amp Logistics

Experience

9 years

Nationality

Saudi Nationals Only

Position

Cybersecurity Architect Consultant

This role will be responsible for designing and governing enterprise cybersecurity architecture ensuring security is embedded across applications infrastructure cloud platforms and enterprise technology solutions. The successful candidate will combine strong technical architecture experience with an understanding of cybersecurity frameworks regulatory requirements and enterprise security governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design develop and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architecture aligned with business and technology objectives
• Define security architecture principles standards policies and technical controls
• Apply recognised security architecture frameworks including SABSA to enterprise solutions
• Lead security architecture assessments across cloud on-premise and hybrid environments
• Design security solutions covering networks applications infrastructure identity and data protection
• Evaluate technology solutions and integrations to identify architectural risks and security vulnerabilities
• Ensure compliance with applicable Saudi cybersecurity regulations and frameworks including NCA requirements
• Work closely with enterprise architects infrastructure teams application owners and cybersecurity stakeholders
• Provide technical security guidance throughout solution design implementation and transformation programmes
• Support Zero Trust principles IAM cloud security and secure systems integration

This is an opportunity to contribute to enterprise-wide cybersecurity architecture within a major organisation undergoing significant technology development and transformation

Requirements

• Saudi nationality is mandatory.
• Minimum 9 years of experience in cybersecurity, with significant exposure to security architecture and solution design.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise security architecture frameworks, particularly SABSA.
• Experience designing security architecture for complex enterprise IT environments.
• Strong understanding of hybrid cloud security, network security, application security and infrastructure protection.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST, Saudi NCA frameworks and security governance.
• Experience conducting architecture reviews, security risk assessments and technical design evaluations.
• Relevant certifications such as SABSA, CISSP, CISM, CCSP or TOGAF would be advantageous.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and technical documentation capabilities.