Senior Architect - information Security
Summary
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority seeks a Senior Information Security Architect to define enterprise security architecture, ISMS policies, and cloud/on-premises security baselines; lead architectural reviews, threat modelling, and risk assessments across the SDLC; and govern platforms such as IAM, SSO, DLP, and SIEM in coordination with the SOC.
Strategy
- Define the enterprise security architecture and control baseline across the SDLC to reflect risk-management objectives, embedding security requirements in high-level designs and incorporating threat-modelling outcomes.
- Establish and maintain corporate information-security policies, standards, guidelines, and ISMS design patterns aligned to regulations and best practices, ensuring designs meet cloud and on-premises security baselines.
- Maintain risk-driven reference architectures and response scenarios; perform technology-riskassessments early in initiatives, highlight design-related risks/changes, and propose compensating controls.
- Set Authority security programs and technical standards with Enterprise Architecture; ensure projects align to architectural requirements through early design signoffs with business/technology stakeholders.
- Evaluate emerging security technologies and trends; research solutions for mandated requirements and recommend adoption paths aligned to RTA strategy and architecture.
- Represent Information Security in enterprise architecture boards and technical steering committees to embed security perspectives in portfolio decisions.
Operations
- Provide specialist security input to RFPs; define and review security requirements and compliance language.
- Evaluate and approve changes per ITIL; improve change-management procedures and perform post-implementation audits.
- Lead architectural reviews for all new digital initiatives and ensure security by design across solutions and platforms.
- Define and govern secure integration patterns for third-party systems and APIs and ensure adherence during design and change.
- Coordinate with the Security Operations Center on incident analysis and response, applying lessons to strengthen architectural controls.
- Lead/advise on IAM, SSO, classification, DLP, SIEM and related platform architectures; verify configuration hardening.
- Conduct and guide security assessments and vulnerability analysis; recommend and oversee mitigation actions.
- Coordinate information-systems audits with stakeholders to assess control effectiveness and drive remediation.
Product/Process Improvement
- Develop and update security-architecture practices and standards, document target states,gaps, and migration roadmaps.
- Develop and maintain security policies, SOPs, and architecture documentation; report compliance metrics and audit artifacts; supervise and refine security training.