As a Security Architect, you will provide guidance to technical teams to make risk-informed design decisions across services, infrastructure, and platforms. You will work closely with Delivery Managers, Technical Architects, Software Engineers, and Information Risk Owners to design systems that are resilient and proportionate. Operating at the Practitioner level, you will balance security requirements with delivery needs using national cyber security principles. You will also participate in threat modeling, risk assessments, and evolve security architecture artefacts.

What they're looking for

• Applying secure design patterns and protective security controls to cloud
• Evaluating vulnerabilities and recommending proportionate mitigations
• Strong grounding in core infrastructure and application security
• Familiarity with national cyber security frameworks
• Strong interpersonal skills to influence delivery teams

Nationality requirements

This job is reserved and open to UK nationals only.

Selection process

Expected sift date from 8 October onwards. Expected interview date on 9 November, held face-to-face in Glasgow and York.

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