Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Security Architect to join our clients fast-growing team, whose mission is to drive technical excellence by advising projects, defining standards, and ensuring architectural consistency.

As a Technical and Security Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our clients IT landscape. You will be responsible for defining, maintaining and enforcing technical and security standards across the organization and advising IT projects throughout their remediation.

You will act as a gatekeeper to ensure architectural consistency, avoid technology sprawl, and promote simplicity, stability, manageability, cost-efficiency, and security.

This role requires strong communication skills, the ability to lead stakeholders toward consensus, and a passion for continuous learning in a fast-evolving cloud environment.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

As a member of the Technical Architecture team your responsibilities are:

Technical Standards & Governance

• Define, document, and maintain IT technical standards, reference architectures, and design patterns;

• Participate in architecture review boards and contribute to governance processes.

Remediation Management

• Create technical controls to enforce or verify that the standards are applied;

• Manage remediation with project teams;

• Manage exceptions, with the help of the Security Operations team;

• Provide high level dashboard on compliance, and communicate on it;

• Provide hands-on support in case of critical troubleshooting.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, particularly in cloud computing;

• Evaluate new tools and platforms for potential adoption in our clients Technology Portfolio. Help include these technologies in CI/CD pipelines;

• Contribute to the evolution of the companys cloud strategy and digital transformation roadmap;

Required experience & competencies

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Technical and Security architecture, with a strong focus on cloud-based solutions;

• Fluent in English; basics in French is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the reinsurance, insurance or other financial industry is a plus.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience in Public Cloud platforms, especially Azure. Alicloud is a plus;

• Strong experience in Operational Risk evaluation (security, manageability, availability);

• Strong experience in Technical and Security controls implementation (Azure policies, CSPM platforms, );

• Experience in architectural principles, frameworks, and best practices;

• Experience on CI/CD platforms (Ansible, Terraform);

• Experience in scripting in any modern language (Powershell, az cli, APIs);

• Experience in Agile Methods.

Soft Skills

• Collaborate with IT production, cybersecurity, network, and application teams to ensure cohesive and secure controls;

• Create and deliver documentation and presentations to support decision-making and knowledge sharing;

• Willingness to adapt and learn in a dynamic technology environment;

• Capacity to navigate in an international environment.

Required Education

• Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Why apply?

• Exposure to a large, international investment platform;

• Role at the core of investment operations and controls;

• Stable environment with strong governance and best-practice processes;

• Opportunity to work closely with multiple group-level stakeholders.

Benefits & What We Offer:

• Join a people-centered company culture where you can grow, thrive, and innovate;

• Be part of shaping the Reinsurer of Tomorrow within an environment that values learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement;

• Opportunity to be part of a highly successful global organization with strong industry presence;

• Make a real impact through your work by contributing to key financial operations;

• Comprehensive health and life insurance to support your wellbeing;

• Meal tickets valued at 45 RON / working day;

• Attractive referral bonuses plus seasonal vouchers: 350 RON for Christmas and 300 RON for Easter.