Senior Security Architect
Secure by Design | Information Security
Level Senior
Experience 10 to 15 years in information security, with at least 5 years in security
architecture
Reports to Lead Security Architect
Direct reports None. Mentors and reviews the work of the Security Architect
Location Jeddah (on site) or remote
Role Purpose
The Senior Security Architect is the security subject matter expert on assigned IT projects, from
initiation to go-live. The role applies the organization's Secure by Design (SbD) framework so that
security is built into solutions.
The role is the single security point of contact for the project lead, solution architect and project
manager. It gathers inputs from the other Information Security teams (Privacy, SOC, Vulnerability
Management and Cyber Assurance), passes them to the project, and makes sure their outputs are
delivered before go-live. The role also maintains the security architecture practice and mentors the
Security Architect.
Key Responsibilities
1. Secure by Design delivery




• Act as the security SME for each assigned project through every SbD phase: initiation, service
profiling, design, build, assurance and go-live approval.
• Engage with project proponents early. Explain the SbD process, help them raise the SbD request
and complete service profiling to set the project's risk level.
• Define security requirements for each project from the controls matrix, the requirements
catalog, applicable policies and regulations.
• Review high-level and low-level designs (HLD and LLD) for security and alignment with the
architecture principles. Raise design issues and follow them up until they are fixed.
• Run threat modelling on current or significantly changed solutions.
• Carry out security architecture assurance: confirm that what was built matches the endorsed
design and that all required controls are in place.
• Give security endorsement at project gates (for example, before procurement, before
infrastructure build and before go-li

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