Cybersecurity Architecture Consultant --(Application & Network side)
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TAT IT Technologies seeks a Cybersecurity Architecture Consultant with banking domain expertise for a client in Riyadh. The role involves reviewing architecture designs from a cybersecurity perspective for applications and networks, identifying weaknesses, and recommending mitigation plans.
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Responsibilities
- Lead cybersecurity architecture for core banking, payments, digital channels, and treasury systems
- Define security blueprints for network segmentation, zero trust, identity, encryption, and data protection
- Translate banking business flows into threat models and security controls
- Conduct cybersecurity architecture reviews for new projects and major changes
- Own data security strategy: classification, encryption, tokenization, masking, key management, and DLP
- Design network security controls for on prem, AWS/Azure, and hybrid environments
Requirements
- 5+ years in cybersecurity, 3+ years hands on in banking or financial services architecture
- Detailed understanding of network architecture and Application Architecture
- Strong Experience in Data Security Management & Access Management
- Strong Banking experience required
- Relevant Certifications Required: CISSP or CISM
- Architecture: TOGAF, SABSA SCF, or Open CA
- Cloud Security: AWS Certified Security – Specialty or Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
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Job Summary
- We are seeking a Cybersecurity Architect with deep banking domain expertise to design, assess, and govern security architectures for mission critical financial systems.
- You will own end to end security design for network, application, and data layers, with a focus on how banking systems operate end to end.
- This role performs architectural reviews from a cybersecurity perspective, defines security blueprints, and ensures data security management aligns with regulatory and enterprise standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead cybersecurity architecture for core banking, payments, digital channels, and treasury systems.
- Define security blueprints for network segmentation, zero trust, identity, encryption, and data protection.
- Translate banking business flows into threat models and security controls.
- Provide detailed expertise in network architecture: DMZ design, micro segmentation, firewalls, WAF, DDoS, SD WAN, and secure cloud connectivity.
- Design network security controls for on prem, AWS/Azure, and hybrid environments.
- Review and harden network topologies for core banking and SWIFT.
- Own data security strategy: classification, encryption at rest/in transit, tokenization, masking, key management, and DLP.
- Design controls for PII, PCI DSS, and regulatory data residency.
- Define secure data flows across internal systems, third parties, and cloud.
- Conduct cybersecurity architecture reviews for new projects and major changes.
- Identify risks, design gaps, and non compliance with enterprise security standards.
- Chair security design forums and provide signed off architecture decisions.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- 5+ years in cybersecurity, 3+ years hands on in banking or financial services architecture.
- Proven experience securing core banking, payments, or digital platforms.
- Detailed understanding of banking processes, transaction lifecycles, and financial messaging.
- Experience with core banking systems like Temenos, Finacle, or FIS.
- Expert in network architecture: routing, switching, firewalls, IDS/IPS, proxies, VPN, NAC, and segmentation strategies.
- Experience with cloud network security in AWS/Azure.
- Strong background in data security management: encryption, HSM/KMS, DLP, CASB, database security, and privacy engineering.
- Demonstrated experience performing threat modeling, STRIDE/DREAD, and security architecture reviews.
- Working knowledge of TOGAF, SABSA, NIST 800 53, ISO 27001, and MITRE ATT&CK.
- Relevant Certifications Required: CISSP or CISM; Architecture: TOGAF, SABSA SCF, or Open CA; Cloud Security: AWS Certified Security – Specialty or Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert; Network/Data: CCSP, GIAC GDSA, CISA, or CDPSE for data privacy; Banking Specific: SWIFT Certified Ex
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