Cyber Security Architect
Posted 18 Jun 2026
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- Expected experience
- 3+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
Cye is looking for a security architect to join our team!
The cyber architecture team is part of Cye’s professional services delivery department and is dedicated to helping drive Cye customers' cybersecurity maturity forward. as a security architect you would be conducting enterprise level organizations' white-box risk assessments, reviewing design issues or security controls configuration, and offering relevant mitigations to identified risks during penetration testing, executed by Cye’s red teamers.
Responsibilities
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Perform security maturity assessments, including reviews of organizational policies, standards, procedures, and governance practices, aligned with the NIST CSF 2.0 cybersecurity framework.
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Review designed or deployed environments, identifying security flaws and recommending mitigations plans
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Review Implementation of technical security controls, identify gaps and offer practical mitigations.
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Escort, evaluate and improve our clients’ security posture by elevating their infrastructure resilience and implement best-practice organizational procedures
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Escort mitigation plans and design practical implementations for security issues e.g., firewall policies review, segmentation & segregation recommendations, Microsoft AD-tier Model implementation etc.
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Research and advocate for new security solutions and technologies
Qualifications
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3+ years of hands-on experience with securing large organizational networks, including security controls, OS hardening, network devices’ security, etc.
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Strong understanding of governance, risk management, and operational processes.
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Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001 concepts), risk assessment, mitigation planning, and third‑party risk management.
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Significant experience in at least five subjects from the following list:
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Vast knowledge and expertise in cyber-security IT systems and cloud infrastructure
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Deep understanding of Microsoft IT on-prem and cloud infrastructure, e.g., Entra-id, Office365, AD, GPO, protocols.
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Practical experience with cloud environments – AWS, Azure, GCP– A significant advantage
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Practical experience in consulting services and risk assessment
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Practical experience with security configuration and maturity assessment