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Design, evaluate, and maintain enterprise security architectures covering cloud, infrastructure, identity, networking, and data environments.
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Develop current-state and target-state security architectures, ensuring alignment with enterprise security principles, business objectives, and regulatory requirements.
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Define and maintain security standards, controls, reference architectures, and multi-year Security Domain roadmaps.
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Provide technical leadership across Azure and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments, including cloud security, VMware security, identity, and infrastructure protection.
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Design and strengthen security capabilities covering Microsoft Entra ID/IAM, Zero Trust, defense-in-depth, network segmentation, micro-segmentation, data protection, and encryption.
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Guide the implementation and governance of Microsoft security technologies, including Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Endpoint, and Identity.
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Facilitate security roadmap workshops with technical and business stakeholders, build alignment, and secure approval for proposed architectural directions.
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Support the implementation of approved security roadmaps and track business, risk, compliance, and operational outcomes.
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Conduct security architecture reviews, gap assessments, risk analyses, and evaluations of existing and proposed technology solutions.
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Develop Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and Architecture Review Board (ARB) documentation to support transparent and consistent architectural decisions.
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Evaluate emerging cybersecurity technologies and recommend appropriate solutions, architectural alternatives, and mitigation strategies.
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Advise senior and executive stakeholders on security risks, priorities, architectural trade-offs, and remediation approaches.
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Contribute to threat detection, incident response, and broader security resilience initiatives where architectural guidance is required.
Requirements
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Minimum 3 years of professional experience as a Security Architect or in a closely related cybersecurity architecture role.
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
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Strong expertise in cybersecurity, enterprise security architecture, and security solution design.
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Proven experience designing and implementing Azure Security Architecture and Azure-native security controls and cloud governance.
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Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID and Identity & Access Management (IAM).
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Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware security architecture.
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Solid understanding of network segmentation, micro-segmentation, Zero Trust, and defense-in-depth security models.
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Hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Defender for Endpoint, and Defender for Identity.
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Strong understanding of security governance, risk and compliance, data protection, encryption, threat detection, and incident response.
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Experience developing security strategies, standards, controls, reference architectures, and multi-year security roadmaps.
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Ability to perform current-state and target-state architecture assessments, gap analyses, and security architecture reviews.
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Experience preparing Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and supporting Architecture Review Boards (ARBs).
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Strong ability to communicate complex cybersecurity concepts and provide trusted advice to senior and executive stakeholders.
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Experience working with healthcare or public-sector security and compliance frameworks is highly valuable.
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Ability to balance security requirements with business needs, operational realities, technical constraints, and risk considerations.
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Strong analytical, strategic-thinking, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
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Relevant professional certification such as CISSP, CISM, Azure Security Engineer Associate, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert is required or strongly preferred.
Benefits
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Fully remote working environment, providing flexibility in where you work.
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Opportunity to influence enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategy and architecture.
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Broad technical exposure across Azure, VMware Cloud Foundation, identity, cloud security, infrastructure, and data protection.
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Opportunity to work on complex security transformation initiatives involving Zero Trust, segmentation, threat detection, and modern cloud security.
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High level of ownership and visibility when advising senior and executive stakeholders.
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Exposure to strategic security roadmaps, architecture governance, emerging technologies, and enterprise risk management.
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Opportunity to contribute to security initiatives with significant business, operational, and compliance impact.
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Supportive environment for continued professional development and cybersecurity certification growth.
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Potential to work across complex, highly regulated environments where security architecture plays a critical role.