Security Architect - Apps

DarkMatter

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: RP962-320

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

At DarkMatter, we are building an organisation of specialists to provide the ultimate integrated cyber security protection available. Whatever the scope, scale or sensitivity of our clients' work, we'll assess their risks, resolve their vulnerabilities and always keep them ahead of the threat, offering them the best possible products and solutions.

In this role, you will:

- Own the security architecture for all Secure Comms applications
- Identify appropriate security requirements, develop practical security solutions and implement security guidelines
- Understand current as well as emerging security threats and design security architecture to mitigate threats where possible
- Provide inputs for security hardening at the infrastructure, application and network levels
- Write and review security architecture documents
- Advising on technology choices by analysing risk and business cases, industry best practices and prior experience
- Monitor industry security updates, technologies and best practices to improve security management

Requirements

To bring your dream to life, you'll need:

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 10+ years of relevant experience

Desired skills:

- Extensive experience in the coordination of program and project leaders to identify requirements for security architecture
- Must be able to identify strategies for addressing requirements
- Extensive experience with analysis of security requirements against budget, schedule and performance
- Extensive experience in creating and conveying to team members the vision of the security architecture for a program or project
- Extensive software development experience and thorough knowledge of a variety of programming languages including Objective-C, Swift, Java and C/C++
- Extensive security domain knowledge in mobile security, especially iOS, Android, secure elements and smart cards
- Extensive security domain knowledge in large enterprise backend systems and web applications
- Expert on cryptographic primitives, protocols and key management
- Thrive in a collaborative environment and can clearly communicate while confidently driving security architecture across many projects and teams
- Laser-focused on the smallest details

Working in Abu Dhabi

At DarkMatter, we're turning our biggest ideas into reality in the fastest moving and most dynamic city on the planet. Working here, you'll lead technical innovation in the region while taking advantage of all Abu Dhabi has to offer. From first class healthcare and education, to superior living accommodations and cultural attractions, you'll find your ideal career and more in this global crossroads. The UAE is one of the safest and most secure areas in the world. And with its location between Europe, Africa and Asia, you'll expand your worldview in just a short flight. But you won't have to venture far from the city to experience its diversity. You'll find people of over 50 nationalities working in the DarkMatter Group. Join us and see that while far away from the concrete tech jungle, Abu Dhabi is an oasis where your latest innovations will thrive and grow.

About the Company

DarkMatter is transforming the cyber security landscape. Headquartered in the UAE and operating globally, we're the region's first and only fully integrated digital defence and cyber security consultancy and implementation firm. Our elite team of global experts deliver advanced, next-generation solutions to governments and enterprises across the cyber security spectrum.

We help clients simplify the enormous complexity of today's ever-evolving cyber threats. Our vision is to protect the future by securing its technologies. Innovation and Research are cornerstones to our development and the activities in these areas underpin our entire range of offerings, including Secure Communications, Public Key Infrastructure and Big Data & Analytics products.

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Architect salaries in UAE

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AED 10,000

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