Enterprise Security Architect - NTT DATA

At NTT DATA, you have endless opportunities to think big, act bold and take ownership. As a $30+ billion business and technology services, AI and digital infrastructure leader, we co-innovate solutions with clients and partners globally for business and societal impact. Serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100, with experts in over 70 countries, we encourage experimentation and recognize great work. Proudly a Global Top Employer, NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion annually in R&D. Make this the place where you belong, learn, and build your network. Make this the place where you grow.

1. Enterprise Security Architecture Strategy & Leadership

• Define the enterprise-wide security architecture vision, principles, patterns, and standards.
• Develop multi year security architecture roadmaps aligned with business strategy, technology plans, and risk posture.
• Lead the end to end execution of these roadmaps, partnering with engineering, operations, and business units to ensure delivery of target state capabilities.
• Ensure architecture remains fit for purpose through continuous review, modernization, and refinement.

2. Technical Architecture & Design

• Architect secure solutions for hybrid and multi cloud environments (especially Google Cloud Platform (GCP including identity, networking, data, and application layers.
• Securing Applications and API.
• Perform technical assessments, threat modelling, and design reviews for enterprise-scale platforms and high risk systems.
• Design and validate Zero Trust architectures across identity, device, network, application, and data layers.

3. Governance, Standards & Risk Management

• Define enterprise security architecture guardrails, controls, and patterns aligned to NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, Zero Trust, and industry regulations.
• Support architecture governance boards, ensuring all designs adhere to security standards.

Identify systemic, long term structural risks and drive enterprise remediation initiatives

4. Delivery Leadership

• Translate architectural strategy into actionable, sequenced roadmaps with clear deliverables, success criteria, and dependencies.
• Track roadmap progress, remove blockers, and ensure alignment with enterprise technology direction.
• Influence budget planning and investment decisions for security capabilities.

5. Executive Advisory

• Act as a trusted advisor to CIO, CISO, CTO, and business executives on strategic risk, architecture, and technology choices.
• Communicate complex architecture and risk topics in a clear, outcome driven manner to senior leadership.
• Collaborate proactively with enterprise architecture, cloud engineering, DevOps, and platform teams to align designs.