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About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned security engineering and architecture leader to drive the design and implementation of security capabilities across cloud, network, infrastructure and Microsoft security platforms. The role will provide hands-on technical leadership, define secure reference architecture and engineering standards, and partner with technology teams to deliver pragmatic, risk-based solutions. The candidate should be able to translate security strategy into executable roadmap and oversee delivery through a team of engineers while communicating clearly with senior stakeholders.

• Lead security engineering and architecture for key initiatives across cloud, network and enterprise platforms, ensuring solutions are secure-by-design and aligned to business outcomes.
• Define and maintain security reference architectures, patterns and engineering standards.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership on Microsoft security capabilities, including Entra ID, Conditional Access, Microsoft Defender (Endpoint/Identity/Cloud Apps/Cloud) and Purview.
• Drive cloud security engineering for Azure and/or other cloud providers, including landing zone guardrails, workload protection, and container/Kubernetes security.
• Lead network security design and assurance, including firewall and proxy architecture, network segmentation, zero trust access, and secure connectivity patterns.
• Oversee security engineering delivery: backlog prioritization, technical design reviews, quality gates, documentation, and operational handover to run teams.
• Provide security advisory and threat modeling for complex initiatives provide pragmatic mitigation options and influence design decisions.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, application, and cloud platform teams to embed security controls and automation at scale.
• Provide executive-ready communication on architecture decisions, risks, trade-offs, and delivery status to senior stakeholders.
• People leadership: coach, develop and performance-manage a team of 5 security & automation engineers, building a strong engineering culture and succession pipeline.