Overview
Senior Architect – Information Security Jobs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at Roads and Transport Authority
Title: Senior Architect – Information Security
Company: Roads and Transport Authority
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Roles and Responsibilities:
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-risk assessments 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.
- Define and govern secure integration patterns for third-party systems and APIs and ensure adherence during design and change.
- 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.
Job Qualifications & Requirements
Education
- Bachelor's degree/ master’s degree in computer science (CS)/ Information Technology (IT)/ Cybersecurity or related.
Experience
- 6+ Years in case of master’s degree (8+ years in case of bachelor’s degree).
Required Competencies
Technical Competencies
- Cybersecurity & Information Risk Management
- Governance, Risk & Excellence Programs
- Project Management
- Quality Management and Enhancement
- Security Architecture & Infrastructure Governance
- Access Governance & Data Classification
- Security Audit & Assurance
- Security Compliance Inspection & Audit
- AI-Driven Security Engineering & Simulation
