- Company Name
- DigiTribe
- Job Title
- Security Solution Architect
- Job Description
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**Job title:** Security Solution Architect
**Role Summary:**
Architect and deliver secure, end‑to‑end IT solutions that satisfy functional, non‑functional, security, privacy, and resilience requirements. Liaise between Enterprise Architecture, Security Architecture, and delivery teams to ensure alignment with standards, regulations, and business objectives. Lead threat management, risk mitigation, and the creation of reusable secure design patterns across diverse technology domains.
**Expectations:**
- Minimum 5 years of IT architecture experience with a security focus.
- Proven record of delivering secure solutions in large‑scale, regulated transformation programs (financial services, critical infrastructure, healthcare, public sector).
- Strong stakeholder engagement: senior business, IT, risk, compliance, and audit functions.
- Expertise in security‑by‑design and DevSecOps within agile and complex delivery environments.
- Fluent in English; excellent communication and mentorship capabilities.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Own end‑to‑end secure solution design, from ideation to realization.
- Conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and architectural reviews; provide business‑aligned security recommendations.
- Define and evolve security principles, policies, reference architectures, and roadmaps.
- Guide engineering and application teams on technical security implementation and best practices.
- Produce reusable secure architecture patterns, reference designs, and building blocks.
- Participate in communities of practice to share lessons, emerging threats, and solutions.
- Advocate and defend security decisions to delivery teams and senior management.
**Required Skills:**
- Enterprise, solution, and security architecture competencies.
- Deep knowledge of IAM, data protection & privacy, cloud & infrastructure security, application security, network segmentation, and operational resilience.
- Proficiency in threat modeling (e.g., STRIDE), risk assessment frameworks, and architectural review techniques.
- Experience with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools.
- Agile delivery experience, including large‑scale program management.
- Strong written and oral communication; ability to translate complex security concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
- Leadership and mentoring skills in cross‑functional teams.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., TOGAF, CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or cloud security certifications such as AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Azure Security Engineer Associate) preferred.