My client is looking for a Chief Cyber Architect with a minimum of 12 years of experience to join their organisation in Cork. This is a permanent role.
Key Skills and Experience
- 12+ years of experience across cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and large-scale technology environments.
- Proven background defining and delivering enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategy within complex global organisations.
- Strong expertise across key security domains including Zero Trust, IAM, cloud security, network security, application security, data protection, risk, and compliance.
- Experience modernising legacy environments, reducing technical debt, and driving long-term architectural transformation programmes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and technical teams.
- Deep understanding of emerging technologies and industry trends including AI security, SASE, resilience, and modern cloud-native security architectures.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the long-term enterprise cybersecurity architecture strategy, standards, and roadmap across the organisation.
- Assess current security maturity, identify architectural gaps, and lead initiatives focused on modernisation, resilience, and risk reduction.
- Partner with senior technology and business stakeholders to align cybersecurity strategy with broader organisational goals and transformation programmes.
- Provide strategic guidance across critical initiatives including cloud adoption, enterprise platforms, data protection, and secure AI enablement.
- Monitor evolving threat landscapes, emerging technologies, and vendor capabilities to shape forward-looking security strategies and best practices.
- Act as a senior cybersecurity advisor and mentor, supporting architecture governance, security-by-design principles, and enterprise-wide consistency.
