Senior Specialist - Cybersecurity Architecture

Qiddiya | القدية; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya | القدية is seeking a cybersecurity architect to design and maintain enterprise security frameworks across our technology stack in Riyadh. You will ensure security is embedded from the start of solutions, infrastructure, cloud, and applications.

Responsibilities include conducting architecture risk assessments, defining security principles, and collaborating with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, and Application teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• Minimum 3-4 years in Cybersecurity Architecture or Security Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architecture frameworks and standards.
• Review solution, infrastructure, cloud, and application architectures to ensure security requirements are embedded throughout the project lifecycle.
• Define security architecture principles, patterns, and reference architectures.
• Conduct architecture risk assessments and recommend appropriate security controls.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, and Application teams to integrate security-by-design principles.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend secure implementation approaches.
• Support cloud security architecture across Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud environments.
• Define requirements for Identity & Access Management (IAM), Zero Trust, network segmentation, encryption, and privileged access.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory requirements (NCA ECC, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls).

Job description

• Design and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architecture frameworks and standards.
• Review solution, infrastructure, cloud, and application architectures to ensure security requirements are embedded throughout the project lifecycle.
• Define security architecture principles, patterns, and reference architectures.
• Conduct architecture risk assessments and recommend appropriate security controls.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, and Application teams to integrate security-by-design principles.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend secure implementation approaches.
• Support cloud security architecture across Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud environments.
• Define requirements for Identity & Access Management (IAM), Zero Trust, network segmentation, encryption, and privileged access.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory requirements (NCA ECC, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• Minimum 3-4 years in Cybersecurity Architecture or Security Engineering