Security Architect

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity to join a global, top-tier financial services organisation with a strong technology and security footprint across the region. This role offers an excellent salary, strong long-term career prospects, and exposure to complex, enterprise-scale environments.

On behalf of our client, we are seeking an experienced Security Architect to play a key role in strengthening cyber security capabilities across large scale technology initiatives. This position sits within a mature security function and partners closely with senior stakeholders to ensure secure-by-design outcomes across business critical systems.

Only candidates based in, or willing to relocate to, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam will be considered.

What you will do:

• Act as a Security Architecture subject matter expert, providing consultancy-style guidance across multiple initiatives and technology domains.
• Influence senior stakeholders and project leaders, including navigating complex or challenging security conversations.
• Design and deliver conceptual and logical security architectures, identifying threats, vulnerabilities, and appropriate mitigating controls.
• Analyse applications, platforms, and system components to assess cyber risk and recommend security countermeasures.
• Govern and support significant architectural decisions, ensuring alignment with enterprise security standards and governance frameworks.
• Leverage and enhance existing security patterns, controls, and reference architectures; contribute to the development of new design artefacts and reusable frameworks.
• Proactively manage security risk and assurance requirements across project lifecycles.
• Coach and mentor engineers and architects in practical security and risk management principles.
• Deliver timely, high-quality security outcomes that support business objectives while effectively managing cyber risk.
• Continuously improve architectural efficiency through the use of best-practice methodologies, processes, and design standards.

What you will need:

• Strong ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience influencing senior leaders and project teams in enterprise environments.
• A pragmatic mindset, balancing security, business, and technical trade-offs.
• High professional standards, including transparency, collaboration, and accountability.

Must have:

• 7+ years experience in Security Architecture, or 10+ years in Solution Architecture with significant exposure to security focused design.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Deep expertise in at least one of the following domains:

1. Cyber Defence / SIEM (e.g. SIEM, UEBA, SOAR, incident response, cloud security models)
2. Identity & Access Management (Workforce IAM)
3. Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM)

• Strong understanding of adjacent security domains such as IAM, application security, data protection, vulnerability management, network security, and DevSecOps.
• Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal) in a global delivery environment.

Nice to have:

• Exposure to complex, large-scale enterprise or regulated environments.
• Awareness of security product/vendor landscapes and industry best practices.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or similar.
• Architecture or cloud security certifications (e.g. SABSA, Cloud Security).
• Familiarity with recognised risk and security management frameworks.

This is a rare opportunity to take ownership in a high-impact role within a complex, regulated environment.