Hybrid Principal Security Architect: Enterprise Strategy

Placements24; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly experienced Principal Security Architect for a leading financial services institution in Pretoria, Gauteng. This hybrid role combines on-site collaboration at the Pretoria headquarters with remote work flexibility to shape long-term security architecture aligned with business goals.

You will design secure solutions across network, cloud, application, and data protection domains, mentor security engineers, and drive security standards and governance across the

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in designing and evolving enterprise security architectures.
• Deep expertise across network security, cloud security, application security and data protection.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise security architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Design secure solutions for systems, applications and infrastructure.
• Evaluate and recommend security technologies and tools to meet organizational needs.
• Develop security standards, patterns, and guidelines for adoption across the organization.
• Conduct security architecture reviews and provide improvement recommendations.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and business teams to integrate security requirements into projects.
• Lead threat modelling and security risk assessments for complex systems.
• Monitor industry best practices and evolving regulatory landscapes.
• Mentor security engineers and architects to foster technical excellence.
• Develop and maintain security architecture documentation including diagrams and specifications.

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly experienced Principal Security Architect for a leading financial services institution in Pretoria, Gauteng. This hybrid role combines on-site collaboration at the Pretoria headquarters with remote work flexibility to shape long-term security architecture aligned with business goals.

You will design secure solutions across network, cloud, application, and data protection domains, mentor security engineers, and drive security standards and governance across the