Cybersecurity Architecture Specialist

Location: On-site – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Contract/engagement: Project-based managed cybersecurity services (13-month) Minimum experience: 8+ years Role Purpose Design, review, and govern secure enterprise architectures across applications, infrastructure, networks, integrations, and cloud services. Key Responsibilities ·      Review solution and enterprise architectures to identify security risks, control gaps, and design weaknesses. ·      Define security architecture requirements, patterns, reference designs, and technical control recommendations. ·      Review application, infrastructure, network, firewall, segmentation, API, third-party integration, and cloud designs. ·      Provide guidance on defense in depth, Zero Trust, isolation, least privilege, secure connectivity, and resilient architecture. ·      Perform architecture risk assessments and document findings, remediation actions, exceptions, and residual risk. ·      Participate in project design reviews, security approval gates, and technical change reviews. ·      Contribute to the enterprise cybersecurity architecture roadmap and ensure alignment with Ministry policies, NCA controls, and recognized standards. ·      Coordinate with application, infrastructure, network, cloud, IAM, SOC, and GRC teams to embed security throughout solution lifecycles.