Senior InfoSec Architect – Hybrid, Cloud & Strategy

Placements24; Mtubatuba Local Municipality; Hybrid; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement contributions

Performance bonuses

Professional growth

Hybrid work model

Job summary

WhatJobs Direct in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, invites an accomplished Lead Information Security Architect to shape our security architecture across cloud, network, and applications. This senior role blends strategic leadership with hands-on design, guiding security initiatives from migration to ongoing governance.

The hybrid role enables in-office collaboration and focused remote work, with a focus on embedding security into every IT project, mentoring teams, and ensuring compliance with

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years in information security, with at least 3 years in security architecture.
• Experience designing architectures for cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and compliance frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001).

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise-level security architectures.
• Developing and maintaining security standards, blueprints, and patterns for the organization.
• Evaluating and recommending new security technologies and solutions.
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship to security engineering teams.
• Collaborating with business and IT stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into security designs.
• Overseeing the security aspects of major IT projects, including cloud, network, and application infrastructure.
• Conducting threat modeling and risk assessments for proposed architectures.
• Defining security requirements for systems and applications.
• Staying informed about industry best practices, emerging threats, and regulatory changes.
• Contributing to incident response planning and post-incident reviews from an architectural perspective.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Cloud security

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Master's degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

SIEM

SOAR

WAF

EDR

Job description

WhatJobs Direct in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, invites an accomplished Lead Information Security Architect to shape our security architecture across cloud, network, and applications. This senior role blends strategic leadership with hands-on design, guiding security initiatives from migration to ongoing governance.

The hybrid role enables in-office collaboration and focused remote work, with a focus on embedding security into every IT project, mentoring teams, and ensuring compliance with