Senior Lead Architect (MDR/ SOC)

Expert Executive Recruiters (EER Global); Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Expert Executive Recruiters (EER Global) in Singapore seeks a Lead Architect to scale enterprise security capabilities for a global cybersecurity vendor. You will assess security environments, identify gaps, and deliver actionable recommendations to improve posture and resilience while collaborating with clients and internal teams.

In this hands-on role, you will influence prioritisation and implementation of security controls across complex environments, and you will travel within APAC as

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity disciplines or closely related technical roles.
• Hands-on security design, security architecture and security controls with exposure to IT, networks, app or cloud security.
• Strong ability to assess complex environments, identify gaps and propose risk-based improvements.
• Proven client-facing experience and ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel within APAC and fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate enterprise security environments to uncover control gaps and resilience improvements.
• Shape practical security roadmaps and implementation approaches for large-scale environments.
• Translate deep technical findings into actionable insights for engineering, security and leadership teams.
• Support incident response and remediation efforts in high-impact environments.

Skills

Client-facing

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Information Systems

Job description

We are partnering with a global cybersecurity vendor, part of a leading international organisation, as it continues to scale its enterprise security capabilities across APAC.

The company builds advanced cybersecurity products to secure critical infrastructure, data, and large-scale digital environments across complex systems.

With an established presence in APAC and a growing regional customer base, the organisation is growing their headcount in Singapore, looking for a Lead Architect to join their top tier Security team.

About the Role

This is a hands-on technical role working directly with top clients to assess security environments, identify control and architecture gaps, and deliver clear, actionable recommendations to improve security posture and resilience, collaborating with both clients and internal engineering teams, translating technical findings into decisions that shape security improvements at scale.

Your work will directly influence how security controls are prioritised, implemented, and improved across complex cybersecurity environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate enterprise security environments across architecture, configurations, and strategy to uncover control gaps, and opportunities to strengthen resilience.


• Work directly with clients to shape practical security roadmaps and implementation approaches that can be executed in complex, large-scale environments.


• Turn deep technical findings into clear, actionable insights that drive decisions across engineering, security, and leadership teams.


• Support incident response and security improvement initiatives by driving technical analysis, validating security issues, and contributing to remediation efforts in high-impact environments.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity disciplines or closely related technical roles.


• Hands-on experience in security design, security architecture, and security controls, with exposure to areas such as IT/network engineering, security engineering, application security, or cloud security.


• Strong ability to assess complex technical environments, identify security gaps, and define practical, risk-based improvement recommendations.


• Proven client-facing experience, with the ability to clearly communicate and present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Fluent in English, written and spoken.


• Readiness to travel within APAC.


• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in professional services consulting or delivering cybersecurity services directly to organizations.


• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, CCIE, CCSE, CEH, CCDP, CSA, cloud security certifications, or equivalent practical/military cyber training.


• Experience presenting to senior stakeholders, executives, or board-level audiences.