- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- IT & Technology Systems
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
About Valentino
Founded in Rome in 1960 by Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti, Valentino is an Italian luxury house distinguished by its couture heritage, expressive elegance and exceptional craftsmanship. Spanning haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods and accessories, the Maison unites artisanal expertise with contemporary creative ambition. As an employer, Valentino offers a professional setting where design, atelier craftsmanship, merchandising, retail and corporate functions contribute to a globally recognised identity. Its teams translate a rich Roman legacy into collections and client experiences, making the house a compelling environment for professionals drawn to the interplay of cultural heritage, meticulous execution and evolving expressions of luxury.
Valentino is seeking an Enterprise Security Architect to define and govern security architecture across identity, workplace, infrastructure, applications, data and AI, applying Security by Design and Zero Trust principles. The role collaborates with technical teams and vendors, translates regulatory requirements into controls, and drives security standards, remediation and roadmaps. The position is governed by the Tessile Industria National Collective Labor Agreement (CCNL).
Role & Responsibilities
- Define and govern the company’s security architecture as part of the Enterprise Architecture team, ensuring identity, workplace, infrastructure, applications, data and AI services follow Security by Design and Zero Trust principles and comply with team guidelines and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Workplace and application teams to integrate and evolve technology architectures and services.
- Define and oversee IAM, IAG, SSO, Federation and Conditional Access architectures, ensuring a consistent and controlled identity lifecycle.
- Design access models for privileged users, third parties and non-human identities, translating them into project-wide standards and requirements.
- Drive the evolution of a secure workplace and its integration with endpoint management, NAC and SSE/ZTNA solutions.
- Translate NIS2, AI Act, GDPR and company policy requirements into verifiable architectural controls, supporting audits and evidence collection.
- Identify security gaps and technical debt, define remediation priorities and monitor progress.
- Ensure solutions can be effectively monitored by the SOC/MSSP and align with business continuity, disaster recovery and incident response requirements.
- Provide technical input to RFPs, business cases, and the selection of security technologies and partners.
- Provide technical leadership to vendors and System Integrators, ensuring deliverable quality, compliance with defined standards and implementation of required remediation actions.
- Deliver architectures and projects with clear, actionable security requirements validated before go-live.
- Develop reusable standards and patterns that reduce exceptions, risks and design time.
- Maintain a prioritized security roadmap with clear ownership, dependencies and transparent remediation progress.
- Collaborate effectively with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Workplace, application teams and vendors while maintaining end-to-end architectural accountability.
Qualifications
- Experience in Security Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture or equivalent roles.
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and services from at least one major hyperscaler (AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform), including networking, IAM, logging, data protection and security controls.
- Knowledge of IAM, PAM, Zero Trust, endpoint security, network security and application security principles.
- Ability to define architectures, standards and technical decisions and work effectively with technical stakeholders, control functions and vendors.
Skills
Experience
Experience in Security Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture or equivalent roles, including hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and services from at least one major hyperscaler.
Workplace
This position is based in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
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Benefits
Smart working arrangements and meal vouchers, in addition to benefits provided under the applicable National Collective Labor Agreement (CCNL) and by law, subject to Company policies.
Culture
Valentino’s workplace culture is rooted in its Roman couture heritage, combining creative expression with exacting craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail. Its professional environment brings together design, atelier and business expertise around a shared ambition to interpret the Maison’s distinctive identity through a contemporary vision of luxury.
About Cerulean
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