Senior Specialist - Cybersecurity Architecture

Qiddiya; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya is seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Architect to design and maintain enterprise security architectures, embed security throughout the project lifecycle, and lead risk assessments. The role collaborates with multiple teams to implement security-by-design and ensure compliance with NCA ECC, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls.

Candidates should hold a bachelor's in cybersecurity or related field, with a master's preferred, and have 3–4 years in cybersecurity architecture or security

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 3–4 years of experience in cybersecurity architecture or security engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architecture frameworks and standards.
• Review solution, infrastructure, cloud, and application architectures for security integration.
• 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 embed security-by-design.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend secure implementation approaches.
• Support cloud security architecture across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud environments.
• Define requirements for 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).

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Security frameworks

Security standards

Risk assessments

IAM

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor's in cybersecurity

Master's preferred

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).

• 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.