About this role
JOB TITLE
Sr. Manager Security Architecture | MAF Global Solutions | Global Solutions UAE
ROLE SUMMARY
The Enterprise Security Architect leads and governs enterprise-wide security architecture across all platforms and businesses. The role ensures security aligns with business strategy, risk appetite, and regulatory requirements while enabling secure-by-design solutions. It embeds security into digital transformation and emerging technologies to support innovation, agility, and scalability.
ROLE PROFILE
- Lead and mature the Security Architecture capability across the Group, including standards, principles, reference architectures, and design governance.
- Define and maintain security architecture standards, reference architectures, patterns, and reusable blueprints (cloud landing zone controls, identity patterns, logging patterns, encryption patterns, secure integration).
- Own and approve security architecture and design for major programs, platforms, and transformation initiatives.
- Own the end-to-end application security architecture engagement across the delivery lifecycle, from early concept through to production and ongoing change.
- Define and operate a risk-based, iterative security architecture review model, integrated into agile and product delivery ways of working (e.g. early intake, evolving design reviews, and pre-release readiness checks).
- Provide architectural leadership for cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), including secure landing zones and shared responsibility models.
- Continuously assess emerging technologies and threat trends and translate them into actionable architecture guidance.
- Define and report architecture KPIs (review cycle time, exception trends, repeat findings, pattern adoption).
REQUIREMENTS
- 12+ years of experience in Information Security, with significant experience in security architecture roles.
- Experience in regulated or high-risk environments (e.g., financial services, retail at scale, critical infrastructure).
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in cyber security, computer science, engineering or technology-related field, or equivalent.
- CISSP, CCSP, CREST Registered Technical Security Architect.
- Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP – Security specialization preferred).
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Other facts
About Majid Al Futtaim
Founded in 1992, Majid Al Futtaim is an Emirati-owned, diversified lifestyle conglomerate operating across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The Group started from one man’s vision to transform the face of shopping, entertainment, and leisure to ‘Create Great Moments For Everyone, Everyday’. It has since grown into one of the region’s most respected businesses, employing 43,000 people, with owned assets valued at US$18 billion and has the highest credit rating (BBB) among privately held corporates in the region. Majid Al Futtaim owns and operates 29 shopping malls, 7 hotels and four mixed-use communities, welcoming more than 600 million customers through its doors every year.
What you'll do
- The Senior Manager will lead and mature the Security Architecture capability across the organization, ensuring alignment with business strategy and regulatory requirements. They will also provide architectural leadership for cloud security and define a risk-based security architecture review model.
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