Security Architect

COGNNA

Employer Active

Posted 7 hrs ago

Experience

7 - 12 Years

Job Location

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

Education

Bachelor of Science(Computers)

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

This role is both strategic and practical: shaping security roadmaps, advising leadership, and guiding teams through implementation.

What You ll Do

  • Design and Lead Security Architecture for COGNNA s multi-tenant SaaS platform, ensuring secure cloud-native deployments across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
  • Develop and enforce security-by-design principles, integrating them into product architecture, SDLC, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Conduct risk assessments, threat modeling, and architecture reviews to identify gaps and propose effective mitigations.
  • Mentor and guide security engineers, elevating team capabilities in secure development, automation, and operations.
  • Build defense-in-depth strategies spanning application, infrastructure, and data security layers.
  • Implement and automate security controls using tools like Terraform, Ansible, SOAR, and CI/CD integrations.
  • Collaborate with compliance teams to map architectures against standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS benchmarks.
  • Partner with product and customer teams to support demos, POCs, and deployment design reviews with enterprise clients.
  • Stay ahead of threats and innovations, continuously improving our architecture to meet evolving security and regulatory demands.
  • Support incident response by designing resilient monitoring, detection, and recovery strategies into the architecture.br> br>

Desired Candidate Profile

What You ll Do

  • Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
  • 7+ years of experience in information security, with at least 3 years in a leadership or security architecture role.
  • Proven experience leading and mentoring security engineering teams.
  • Strong background in cloud security (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including architecture, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Hands-on experience with secure SDLC, DevSecOps practices, and CI/CD security integrations.
  • Deep understanding of security architecture frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, CIS, etc.).
  • Strong knowledge of application, infrastructure, and cloud security controls.
  • Proficiency with risk assessments, threat modeling, and security reviews.
  • Experience with security automation and orchestration tools (Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD integrations, SOAR).
  • Familiarity with IAM, encryption, endpoint security, vulnerability management, and network security.
  • Knowledge of container and microservices security (Docker, Kubernetes) is a strong plus.
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills able to translate complex architecture into clear guidance for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSP, SABSA) are highly desirable.
  • Fluent in English; Arabic proficiency is a bonus.
  • Willingness to travel for key customer engagements, demos, and industry events.

Company Industry

Department / Functional Area

Keywords

  • Security Architect

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