Security Solution Architect

At customer site, Flexible, Antwerpen, Diegem, Gent, Hasselt, Leuven
Security, Architecture
Professional, Freelancer

Do you combine deep cybersecurity expertise with architectural judgement to turn complex requirements into secure, scalable and supportable solutions? As Security Solution Architect, part of our Security & Networking Architecture team, you are a senior, customer-facing technical authority with deep expertise in one or more security domains. You own solution architecture and design authority from discovery through delivery, translating business, risk and security requirements into practical target architectures, high-level designs and implementation guidance. You work directly on customer engagements and provide specialist architecture expertise to opportunities led by the Solution Pre-Sales team.

  • You lead customer discovery, architecture workshops and technical decision forums to clarify requirements, constraints, dependencies and risks.
  • Define target architectures, principles, standards, patterns, high-level designs and implementation guidance for secure, resilient and operable solutions.
  • Act as design authority, governing design decisions, reviewing solution artefacts and managing exceptions and technical debt.
  • Guide engineering and project teams through implementation, validate detailed designs and runbooks, resolve architectural issues and confirm alignment with the approved design.
  • Identify and treat security, integration, technology and operational risks using security-by-design, least privilege, defence-in-depth, resilience and lifecycle principles.
  • Provide validated solution architecture inputs to the Solution Pre-Sales team, including technical designs, options, assumptions, dependencies, risks and delivery estimates.
  • Partner with Product Management to evolve services, reference architectures, blueprints, patterns, costing models and industry-specific propositions.
  • Maintain reusable architecture assets, coach colleagues and contribute to technology-partner relationships and team capability.

What you need to succeed:

  • Substantial experience designing and delivering enterprise security solutions, with senior-level technical credibility and customer-facing experience.
  • Deep expertise in at least one domain such as IT or OT protection, cloud security, SOC and exposure management, identity security, or data and AI security.
  • Broad understanding of networking, infrastructure, cloud, applications, identity, data, security operations, integration and operational service management.
  • Demonstrated ability to produce and govern high-level designs and review detailed designs, implementation plans and operational documentation.
  • Experience supporting dedicated presales teams with architecture, effort and cost inputs, assumptions, dependencies and risks, and explaining technical choices to customer stakeholders.
  • Strong architectural thinking, technical leadership, consulting, communication and collaboration skills, with sound commercial awareness.
  • Excellent written and spoken English; relevant vendor or professional certifications and additional languages are assets.
  • Relevant higher education or equivalent professional experience in cybersecurity, computer science, engineering, infrastructure or architecture.

What are we offering:

  • You will be joining a true Top Employer
  • Year after year, Whitelane Research confirms Cegeka’s position as a reliable and leading IT services partner. In 2026, we achieved first place in Security Services for the fourth consecutive year, and a shared second place in both Cloud & Infrastructure Services and Network & Connectivity.
  • We ask a lot of (talents) from you. Fortunately, you also get a lot in return! Competence and character are essential to us, in addition to experience and ambitions. Cegeka continuously invests in talent management so that every employee can realize their potential
  • We use a framework aimed at fair compensation, ensuring employees are paid based on their role, experience, and performance, regardless of gender or other non-job-related characteristics.  An electric car with charge card or a mobility budget, meal vouchers, eco vouchers, an interesting group and hospitalization insurance, a mobile phone subscription, a fixed expense allowance, a powerful laptop and the option to give your salary package your own accent thanks to our Flex Reward Plan
  • Flexible working hours and a nice work/life balance
  • A top team: in which new fresh ideas and initiatives are always welcome! Team events, happy hours and an increasingly legendary company party are also part of this
  • Continuous learning: knowledge sharing meetings, participation in conferences and external training. Knowledge sharing and learning are key! Depending on your own interests and initiatives, Cegeka offers various horizontal and vertical career paths
  • We value sustainability by pursuing carbon neutrality with the electrification of our fleet and an environmentally friendly data center. We develop innovative solutions with a positive impact on the environment, people and society, and strive for an inclusive and diverse work environment where everyone is valued and heard.
  • Would you like to join us as a freelancer? Then we offer you a market-conform daily rate and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Market-compliant salary with attractive extra benefits.

Continuous learning via hackathons, innovation centers, events,...

Flexible working hours supporting your work/life balance.

Career growth with horizontal and vertical development paths.

Hybrid work model blending office and remote work efficiently.

Personal guidance from managers, coaches, and sparring partners.

ESG: lower emissions, foster inclusion and drive sustainability in IT.

Cegeka proudly holds the Top Employer certificate.

Team events, happy hours, sports events, and epic company festival.

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