Introduction

Company cultures & job summary

Our client is looking for an experienced Security Architect to join their fast-growing security consultancy practice. You'll be working across complex public and private sector clients, designing and assuring secure solutions from strategic planning right through to technical implementation. A CISSP, CISM, or equivalent certification is essential for this one.

Working Patterns and location - Hybrid - 3 days on site per week

Key responsibilities

• Lead development of security architecture and design for complex IT requirements across full system lifecycles.

• Support clients through business-focused security requirement specification, definition, and design.

• Produce technical risk assessments and solution architecture documentation for client engagements.

• Lead workshops and engage with senior business leaders and diverse project stakeholders.

• Shape and align security policies, principles, and standards within enterprise and organisational contexts.

• Ensure full lifecycle traceability of stakeholder requirements and simplify complexity for senior audiences.

• Support business development activities including bid writing and presales engagement where required.

• Manage trade-offs between stakeholder needs, constraints, and security outcomes across parallel workstreams.

Skills & experience

• Proven experience designing security architecture for complex IT systems and environments.

• Strong ability to produce technical risk assessments and solution architecture documents.

• Experience supporting clients through security requirement specification and definition.

• Ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience leading security workshops and engaging with senior business and technical stakeholders.

• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and ArchiMate or similar.

• CISSP, CISM, or another industry-recognised cybersecurity certification - essential.

• Experience working across security engineering and assurance tasks on parallel projects and workstreams.

The client would also like to see some of the below, but this is not essential:

• Full Membership of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec).

• Chartered or Principal status via the UK Cyber Security Council for Secure Systems Architecture.

• NCSC Certified Cyber Professional in Security Architecture.

• SABSA Chartered Security Architect qualification.

• IEng or CEng registration with a UK Engineering body, or BCS Chartership.

Additional benefits

• Bonus scheme.

• Car Allowance

• Employee assistance programme.

• Pension.

• Medical Insurance.

• Flexible benefits: childcare vouchers, flexi leave options, dental, travel insurance.

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Part-time opportunities/flexible working is available to suit individual needs.

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