Senior Cloud Security Architect, Mandiant, Cloud and Infrastructure

About the role

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of technical cybersecurity experience, and experience in cloud architecture, enterprise infrastructure, and threat defense.
• Experience leading on-premises-to-cloud migrations or multi-cloud consolidation/remediation projects.
• Experience serving as a technical mentor and advisor to client leadership (CISO, CIO, VP of Infrastructure/Engineering).
• Experience defining technical requirements, engineering roadmaps, and delivering architecture reviews across multi-stakeholder engagements.
• Must be eligible to secure and maintain High-Level Saudi Arabian National Security and Defense Clearances, equivalent to UK DV clearance.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience designing and securing Google Cloud or other cloud platforms, including native security tools, IAM policies, and VPC controls.
• Expertise in IAM, identity federation, PAM, and workload identity across hybrid enterprise environments.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD security gating, infrastructure as code, and CSPM/CWPP tooling.
• Ability to map adversary tactics to defenses, and hold professional security certifications (e.g., Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer, CISSP).
• Ability to deconstruct technical risks into clear narratives for executives and board-level stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 50% across Saudi Arabia and the wider region.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority guiding clients through migrations from legacy on-premises datacenters to modern cloud.
• Rationalize and elevate sprawling, fragmented multi-cloud footprints.
• Redesign cloud security architectures and modernize SecOps, DevSecOps, identity governance, and CI/CD pipeline security.
• Enforce resilient security baselines aligned with Mandiant frontline threat intelligence.
• Educate and coach client executives, business leaders, and engineering leads on security transformation.
• Implement pragmatic defensive controls such as Zero Trust, workload identity federation, IaC guardrails, container/Kubernetes security, and micro-segmentation.
• Translate root causes from breach investigations into long-term architectural uplifts and mitigation programs.
• Produce architectural blueprints, operating model frameworks, and executive-ready roadmaps.

Work location

• In-office location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Remote location(s): Saudi Arabia.
• Applicants must have work authorization in Saudi Arabia; role is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

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