This executive leadership role is responsible for the design, implementation, and governance of a secure, resilient, and high-performing infrastructure that includes enterprise networking, global security services, identity and access management, telephony and unified communications, and contact center platforms.

Spanning on-premise data centers, multi-cloud environments, and global corporate offices, you will establish comprehensive security frameworks, policies, and standards required to protect our corporate assets and data.

The ideal candidate is a transformational leader who can protect the enterprise from evolving cyber threats while delivering a robust technology foundation that enables business innovation and agility.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Architectural Leadership:

• Develop and own the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for the network and security portfolio, ensuring tight alignment with business goals and digital transformation initiatives.

• Lead the creation, governance, and promotion of architectural standards, patterns, and best practices for all covered services, including Zero Trust (ZTNA) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) frameworks.

• Drive modernization initiatives across the portfolio, guiding the transition from traditional architectures to modern, automated, and cloud-native solutions to enhance security and eliminate legacy technical debt.

• Champion a culture of innovation by evaluating emerging technologies and providing architectural direction for their adoption to solve complex business problems.

• Serve as the primary architectural authority for the enterprise across network, telephony, and security domains, providing expert guidance to executive leadership, business stakeholders, and technology teams.

Domain-Specific Architectural Oversight: Lead and mentor a team of architects, ensuring architectural integrity and strategic alignment across the following key domains:

• Global Network Architecture: Oversee the architecture for all network infrastructure, including SD-WAN, LAN/WAN, Wi-Fi, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, and data center networking.

• Global Security Architecture: Define the strategy for enterprise-wide security services, including next-generation firewalls (NGFW), IDS/IPS, WAF, CASB, and data loss prevention (DLP).

• Identity & Access Management (IAM): Lead the architectural vision for all IAM services, including authentication, authorization, single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and privileged access management (PAM).

• Platform Security: Drive the security architecture for underlying infrastructure platforms, including operating systems, virtualization, and container platforms (Kubernetes).

• Telephony & Contact Center: Direct the architectural strategy for unified communications (UCaaS/VoIP) and contact center (CCaaS) platforms, ensuring they are secure, resilient, and integrated with enterprise systems.

Executive Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate a high-performing team of principal and senior architects, fostering a collaborative environment of technical excellence and strong business acumen.

• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with C-level executives, business unit leaders, and engineering teams to ensure architectural solutions meet enterprise-wide objectives.

• Act as a key influencer and communicator, articulating complex architectural concepts and their business value to diverse audiences, from technical experts to non-technical executives.

• Partner closely with the CISO organization and IT operations to ensure that architectural designs are effectively implemented, monitored, and compliant with regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field required. Master’s degree preferred.

• Experience: Minimum of 15 years of experience in information technology, with at least 10 years in an architecture role spanning network, security, or infrastructure. Minimum of 5 years in a formal leadership capacity, with proven experience managing, mentoring, and developing senior architects and technical staff.

• Technical Skills: Security Architecture: Deep expertise in security frameworks and technologies, including Zero Trust, SASE, NGFW, IDS/IPS, SIEM, WAF, CASB, DLP, and endpoint security. Identity & Access Management: Expert knowledge of IAM principles and protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC), and experience with IGA, MFA, and PAM solutions. Network Architecture: Expert knowledge of modern networking principles and technologies, including SD-WAN, BGP, MPLS, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and data center networking. Cloud Security: Expert knowledge of cloud networking and security architecture in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP (e.g., VPCs/VNETs, Security Groups, IAM, Cloud WAFs).

• Soft Skills & Leadership Qualities: Executive Presence: Confident and articulate communicator with the ability to present to and influence senior executives and board-level stakeholders. Strategic Vision: Ability to think long-term and create a compelling, business-aligned vision for the future state of the technology landscape. Collaborative Leadership: Proven ability to lead through influence, build consensus across diverse teams, and foster strong cross-functional partnerships. Business Acumen: Strong ability to understand business drivers and translate them into technical requirements and architectural solutions that deliver tangible value.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCIE, TOGAF (at least one required). Expert-level cloud architecture or security certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Security - Specialty, Azure Security Engineer Expert) highly preferred. Experience managing departmental budgets and participating in financial planning. Experience leading a group of at least 5 enterprise architects.

Benefits

This position comes with competitive compensation and benefits package:

1. Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses

1. Comprehensive benefits package

1. Career development and training opportunities

1. Flexible work arrangements (remote and/or office-based)

1. Dynamic and inclusive work culture within a globally renowned group

1. Private Health Insurance

1. Pension Plan

1. Paid Time Off

1. Training & Development

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