Head of Global Security Architecture

• Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science, or similar technical disciplines.
• Experience minimum: 5 years in communications systems and networks and 5 years in IT/Network security architectures and related processes.
• Demonstrable experience is required in the analysis, design, and deployment of security architectures in practical situations and in diverse organizations,

• Experience of more than 3 years will be valued in Secure Service Edge (SSE) and/or Cloud Security technologies.

• Transformative projects. At Telefónica, you will be part of high-impact projects that set trends and address the connectivity and digital transformation challenges of our society.
• Professional development. You will have a long career path and learning opportunities on a global scale, thanks to our presence in different geographies. We will share with you opportunities for development, training and mobility options. We want to grow and build a future with you!
• Flexibility. We are committed to the balance between professional and personal life. At Telefónica, we care about flexibility, positioning ourselves as a benchmark in new ways of working and work-life balance measures.
• 27 working days of vacation + 2 personal days. In addition, December 24 and 31 are non-working days.
• Social benefits. You will be able to enjoy an extensive package of social benefits, most notably:
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Medical insurance for you and your family unit (spouse and children)
  • Meal voucher card
  • A flexible compensation plan with numerous options to choose from.
  • Pension plan

We connect the present. We transform the future.

Have you ever wondered what makes it possible for millions of people to be connected at the same time, from anywhere in the world, without anything failing?

At Telefónica, we make it possible.

We are a global telecommunications and technology company that connects people, businesses, and communities through next-generation networks and advanced digital solutions such as cloud, artificial intelligence, IoT, and cybersecurity.

With over 100 years of history, we work every day to ensure that innovation serves society, driving a digital transformation that is responsible, sustainable, and has real impact.

Here, we don't just design infrastructure—we design the future. We are looking for people who are curious, enthusiastic, and passionate about what they do, who never settle, and who want to build the Telefónica of tomorrow.

If you are passionate about technology that transforms lives, this is your place.

The Global Security Architecture Management, integrated into the Global Security and Intelligence Directorate, is responsible for defining the reference security architecture of the Telefónica Group and for selecting and implementing the technologies that achieve the security objectives established therein.

It operates transversally across the Group's various technological domains (public and hybrid cloud, networks, IT infrastructures, identity, Secure Service Edge, and Artificial Intelligence), acting as a technical reference for all security areas and coordinating its integration with the company's processes and technical areas.

What will your mission be? 🎯

The design of parts of the Group's global security architecture and the selection and implementation of the technologies that meet the security objectives set therein. This involves being the reference for all security areas of the Telefónica Group in the technological domains associated with the architecture under their responsibility, designing the reference architecture, landing it in concrete technological solutions that respond to security requirements, ensuring its fit with the Group's needs—covering processes and procedures and aligning with the company's technical areas—leading technology selection processes and, where applicable, the development of global framework agreements, as well as technically coordinating the deployment of global solutions, ensuring their successful use and the achievement of the sought security objectives.

How will you contribute to the purpose of the role with your skills? 💼

1. Security Reference Architecture Design and Governance

Identify the technological and operational process domains that require security capabilities and establish the framework for integrating components into a technological architecture, as well as the end-to-end processes involved in its operation. It will act as a technical reference for all security areas of the Group in the domains under its responsibility.

Land the designed reference architecture into concrete technological solutions that respond to security needs and requirements, ensuring its fit with the Group's needs and covering the associated processes and procedures.

3. Capture and Documentation of Requirements from Consumer Areas

Capture and document the requirements of the areas consuming reference architecture capabilities (cybersecurity, CSIRT, fraud, audit, etc.) across all Group companies, to ensure the optimization of processes and capabilities towards achieving maximum security maturity.

Define, drive, and coordinate the aligned technology selection of security architecture components across all areas relevant to Telefónica, including the establishment of roadmaps for their evolution. Lead technology selection processes and, where applicable, the development of global framework agreements.

Monitor technological trends and operational practices and feed them into the frameworks for defining and prescribing the reference security architecture.

Execute special projects of a strategic nature due to their relevance to the entire Group, technically coordinating the deployment of global solutions and ensuring their successful use and the achievement of the sought security objectives.

Connect with the areas defining internal and external regulatory and compliance requirements to ensure the adequacy of capabilities and architectures concerning controls and best practices.

Establish the necessary relationships and processes with the rest of the company's areas (Operations, Network and IT Architecture, Financial Control, Legal, etc.) to align architecture deployments with the company's overall processes.

Technically coordinate services provided by third parties and personnel from other Group areas, as well as security engineers and those responsible for technical architectures involved in the deployments.

What skills are we looking for in you? 🔎

• Knowledge of Generative AI (fundamentals of how LLMs work, architectures of applications using LLMs, use cases in business and security) and of techniques to ensure its use in application development and business processes.
• Models and capabilities in specific clouds (Azure, O365, GCP, AWS).
• Vendor management, evaluation processes, and RFP.
• Deployment of international projects within the Telefónica Group, managing both their technological aspects and the various stakeholders involved.
• Reference security architecture models.
• Secure Service Edge security technologies and products: Secure Web Gateway, CASB, DLP, and ZTNA, and their application to protect the use of Artificial Intelligence applications.
• Security architectures and components in public clouds, including security management and compliance platforms (CSPM) and the security posture of Artificial Intelligence assets.

And much more!