Enterprise Security Architect: Strategy, Cloud & Risk

Alexforbes; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth & Development

Strategic Impact

Innovation

Leadership Exposure

Purpose

Job summary

Alexforbes is seeking an experienced Security Architect to design, govern, and optimize the organisation's security architecture across private and public clouds. You will shape secure patterns, serve as a design authority, and embed risk-based controls within enterprise initiatives.

You will mentor security engineers and collaborate with stakeholders to drive transformation, governance, and compliance, ensuring architecture aligns with business goals and regulatory commitments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years' overall IT industry experience.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in security architecture, security design, or security engineering roles.
• Experience across private and public cloud environments, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms.
• Experience implementing secure architecture solutions within enterprise environments.
• Experience developing and implementing enterprise security frameworks and governance models.
• Experience supporting digital transformation, cloud migration, and technology modernisation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design secure architecture patterns aligned with enterprise architecture standards and technology roadmaps.
• Act as the security design authority for projects, programmes, and strategic initiatives.
• Translate security policies and standards into practical design controls and implementation guidance.
• Develop and maintain security architecture artefacts, control mappings, reference architectures, and design standards.
• Promote reusable security patterns and architectural best practices across the organisation.
• Drive the security architecture strategy and roadmap in alignment with Enterprise Architecture principles.
• Establish and maintain a Security Architecture Centre of Excellence (CoE).
• Ensure security architecture remains aligned to business strategy and evolving regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture governance, compliance, and design review processes.
• Support execution of the Group Cyber Security Strategy across technology domains.

Skills

Security Architecture

Security Engineering

Infrastructure Security

Application Security

Identity & Access Management

DevSecOps

Data Protection & Privacy

AI Security & Governance

Zero Trust Architecture

Security Risk Assessments

Enterprise Security Governance

Education

National Senior Certificate (Matric / Grade 12)

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field (NQF 7)

Postgraduate qualification in Information Technology or related field (NQF 8)

Tools

AWS

IAM Solutions

CI/CD Security

API Security

SIEM/SOAR Platforms

Data Security Technologies

Secure cloud deployment and architecture

Hybrid and multi-cloud security

Network security

Cloud governance and compliance

Infrastructure security controls

Job description

Alexforbes is seeking an experienced Security Architect to design, govern, and optimize the organisation's security architecture across private and public clouds. You will shape secure patterns, serve as a design authority, and embed risk-based controls within enterprise initiatives.

You will mentor security engineers and collaborate with stakeholders to drive transformation, governance, and compliance, ensuring architecture aligns with business goals and regulatory commitments.