Senior Cybersecurity Architect

About the Role

Join NTT DATA, a global leader recognized for technical excellence and innovative solutions, as a Senior Cybersecurity Solutions Architect located in Singapore. This role involves leading client projects, responding to RFPs, developing cybersecurity service offerings, and contributing significantly to the pre-sales process by creating detailed proposals and cost estimates. Candidates must demonstrate comprehensive expertise across network, cloud, and infrastructure security with a proven track record in enterprise-scale security design under high-pressure scenarios.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to RFP and RFI responses, including solution architecture, proposal drafting, pricing strategy, presentations, and preparation of technical-commercial documents such as Statements of Work.
• Architect and implement comprehensive cybersecurity solutions aligned with the customer’s business goals, security, compliance, and economic objectives.
• Analyze and translate customer requirements into documented solution architectures and technical configurations for implementation.
• Create security architecture roadmaps covering current state, transition phases, and future goals incorporating migration and modernization approaches.
• Design secure architectures for networks, cloud environments, infrastructure, applications, identity management, data protection, and AI systems based on security-by-design and Zero Trust models, aligning with standards like NIST CSF and ISO 27001.
• Develop secure frameworks for AI-driven systems, addressing governance, identity, auditability, and safeguards against risks like prompt injection and data leakage.
• Implement security controls for cloud, hybrid, and AI/LLMOps setups, covering IAM, encryption, segmentation, compliance, and policy enforcement.
• Conduct technical reviews, proof-of-concept deployments, design workshops, due diligence, and assessments in collaboration with clients and other stakeholders.
• Evaluate alternative architecture options, analyzing trade-offs balancing security, performance, scalability, complexity, and cost.
• Collaborate with product teams, OEMs, partners, and third-party vendors to optimize solution designs and complete Bills of Materials.
• Ensure alignment with cybersecurity laws and standards such as GDPR, PCI-DSS, MAS-TRM, and internal governance policies.
• Support initiatives enhancing Zero Trust, SecOps, cloud security, AI governance, identity security, and emerging cybersecurity technologies.
• Advise clients on strategic security approaches, risk mitigation, cloud transformation, secure application design, and operational best practices.
• Stay updated on emerging cybersecurity and AI security technologies, licensing models, system architectures, and vendor solutions.
• Work closely with interdisciplinary teams across architecture, engineering, operations, and business to deliver comprehensive solutions.
• Present and defend cybersecurity solutions during pre-sales and implementation stages to customers and internal teams.
• Contribute to new security service development, market offerings, and go-to-market strategies.

Required Experience and Skills

• More than 10 years of experience in security presales or business development as an individual contributor.
• Proficient in preparing high-level and detailed design documents, proposal writing, Bill of Materials creation, and drafting scopes of work.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP and CISM are advantageous.
• Experience working collaboratively with sales, engineering, and go-to-market innovation teams.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks like TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, or COBIT.
• Strong communication skills for explaining complex security solutions to both technical and executive audiences.
• Understanding of technical partnerships and go-to-market strategies, including collaboration with OEMs.
• Expertise in multiple cybersecurity domains including Network Security, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), Security Operations (SecOps), AI in SecOps, Cloud Security, Identity Security, Governance, Risk and Compliance, AI Security, and emerging technologies.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork abilities.

Company Overview

NTT DATA is a leading business and technology service provider generating over $30 billion in revenues and serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100 companies. The company is a pioneer in AI and digital infrastructure including cloud, security, connectivity, and data centers, supporting organizations toward a sustainable digital future. With operations in more than 50 countries and robust partnerships with start-ups and innovation centers, NTT DATA invests heavily in research and development to maintain its market leadership.

Equal Opportunity and Integrity

NTT DATA is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, ensuring a discrimination-free environment for all employees and applicants regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, and other protected attributes. The company strictly warns against fraudulent recruitment practices and emphasizes that official communications only come from verified company email addresses.