Data/Integration Architect

📍 Location: Remote (Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Czechia, Serbia, Slovakia, and other eligible European countries)

We are looking for an experienced Security & Sovereign Cloud Architect to join a strategic international programme supporting a national defence and security client. This high-profile initiative focuses on sovereign cloud adoption, secure enterprise platforms, and large-scale digital transformation within a highly regulated environment.

As a Data Scientist, you will lead the design and governance of enterprise security architecture, ensuring all programme workstreams comply with national security, regulatory, and sovereign cloud requirements. This is a senior architecture role with strong stakeholder engagement across government organisations, enterprise architects, and delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the programme-wide security architecture and security standards.

• Design Zero Trust security models, Identity & Access Management (IAM), network segmentation, cryptographic controls, and data protection strategies.

• Design secure sovereign cloud deployment models, including:

  • Data residency and sovereignty

  • Encryption at rest and in transit

  • BYOK/HYOK key management

  • Hardware Security Module (HSM) integration

• Lead security architecture reviews, threat modelling workshops, and security governance across multiple programme workstreams.

• Produce security architecture artefacts, including threat models, security requirements, security design patterns, and security risk registers.

• Define security guardrails and architecture principles for solution teams.

• Provide guidance on secure data flows, information classification, and cross-domain architectures.

• Review security designs from third-party vendors and system integrators.

• Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB), providing technical security approvals and recommendations.

• Collaborate with government security authorities, information assurance teams, and external auditors to ensure compliance.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7–12 years of experience in Cybersecurity or Security Architecture within enterprise, government, or defence programmes.

• Proven experience designing security architecture for classified, regulated, or highly secure environments.

• Strong expertise in Zero Trust Architecture, including identity-centric security, continuous verification, and micro-segmentation.

• Experience designing sovereign cloud environments on AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, Oracle Government Cloud, or equivalent platforms.

• Strong knowledge of Identity & Access Management (IAM), including:

  • SAML

  • OpenID Connect (OIDC)

  • RBAC & ABAC

  • Privileged Access Management (PAM)

  • Secrets Management platforms

• Experience with security frameworks and standards such as:

  • ISO 27001

  • NIST SP 800-53

  • NCSC Cyber Essentials / CAF

  • NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls (or equivalent)

• Experience producing security architecture artefacts, including:

  • Threat models (STRIDE or equivalent)

  • Security design patterns

  • Security requirements specifications

  • Security risk registers

• Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders, enterprise architects, and government security authorities.

• English level: C1.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of Saudi NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls.

• Familiarity with Saudi NDMO Data Governance requirements.

• Experience with Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), Secure Enclaves, or Hardware Security Modules (HSM).

• Enterprise PKI design and certificate lifecycle management.

• Experience working with GCC or Saudi government organisations.

• Knowledge of FIPS 140-2/140-3 or Suite B cryptographic standards.

• Active or recent SC, DV, NATO SECRET, or equivalent security clearance.

Preferred Certifications

• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) – Strongly Preferred

• CCSP

• AWS Certified Security – Specialty

• Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate

• SABSA Foundation or Practitioner

• ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.

• Ability to chair security architecture and design review sessions.

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Comfortable working in complex, multi-vendor, enterprise-scale environments.

• Ability to influence technical direction across cross-functional teams.

Team Structure

You will collaborate closely with:

• Lead / Chief Architect

• Solution Architect

• Security & Sovereign Cloud Architect

• Data & Integration Architect

This is an excellent opportunity to shape the security architecture of a large-scale sovereign cloud programme while working remotely with an international team on cutting-edge AI, cloud, and national security technologies.