Technical Security Architect

Technical Security Architect

Location: Hybrid – 2–3 days per week onsite based in either Midlands & North England

Clearance: Active SC Clearance

Employment: Permanent or 12-month FTC

About Amber Labs

Amber Labs is a people-first technology consultancy delivering secure, innovative and scalable digital solutions across the UK public sector. We bring together architects, engineers, designers and delivery specialists to solve complex technology challenges and support large-scale digital transformation.

Our culture is collaborative and supportive, giving experienced technical specialists the opportunity to make a real impact, share knowledge and work on challenging problems across modern technology environments.

The Role

We're looking for experienced Senior Security, Cloud and Identity Architects to support complex transformation programmes across security modernisation, cloud transformation and enterprise identity. You'll work at the intersection of security architecture, cloud architecture and identity, helping organisations modernise legacy environments, strengthen security controls and develop scalable, resilient technology capabilities.

This is an opportunity for architects who enjoy working on complex enterprise challenges and influencing architecture at a strategic level, while still being comfortable engaging with detailed technical design.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead security, cloud and identity architecture across complex transformation programmes.
• Design and govern secure, scalable and resilient enterprise technology solutions.
• Develop Zero Trust architecture and security modernisation strategies.
• Design and evolve Identity and Access Management (IAM) capabilities.
• Work across Identity Governance & Administration and access management solutions.
• Design Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and authorisation approaches.
• Support privileged access and privileged user security capabilities.
• Develop cloud migration and hybrid / multi-cloud architecture strategies.
• Support the migration and modernisation of legacy hosting and identity platforms.
• Reduce technical debt and legacy technology dependencies.
• Apply security principles and recognised standards including NIST, CIS and Secure-by-Design.
• Produce architecture artefacts and technical designs and support architecture governance.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and communicate complex security and architecture decisions clearly.
• Provide technical assurance across services and ensure solutions align with wider technology strategy.

Security Architecture

• Security architecture and enterprise security design.
• Zero Trust architecture and adoption.
• Security modernisation.
• Secure-by-Design principles.
• NIST and/or CIS frameworks.
• Security controls and technical assurance.
• Technical debt reduction and legacy modernisation.

Identity & Access Management

• Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Identity Governance & Administration (IGA).
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
• Access management and authorisation.
• Privileged Access Management / Privileged User Access Management.
• Enterprise identity strategy and governance.
• Identity platform migration and modernisation.
• Authentication and identity standards such as OAuth / OIDC.

Cloud & Hosting

• Public cloud architecture, particularly AWS.
• Hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Cloud migration strategy and architecture.
• Cloud hosting and modern infrastructure.
• Container and networking architecture.
• Migration away from legacy hosting environments.
• Resilience, service continuity and operational readiness.

The Technology Environment

Our programmes use a broad range of modern security, cloud and identity technologies. You won't need to be an expert in everything — we're looking for strong architectural experience with depth in relevant areas.

Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP

Identity: IAM, IGA, RBAC, PAM/PUAM, OAuth, OIDC

Security: Zero Trust, Secure-by-Design, NIST, CIS

Infrastructure: Hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, containers, networking

Architecture: Enterprise architecture, security architecture, cloud architecture, solution architecture

Governance: Architecture assurance, technical standards, security controls and governance

Why Amber Labs?

At Amber Labs, you'll be part of a supportive technical community where collaboration, knowledge sharing and technical excellence are genuinely valued.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Work on complex security and technology transformation programmes.
• Solve challenging enterprise architecture problems.
• Work alongside experienced architects, engineers, security specialists and delivery professionals.
• Influence strategic technology decisions.
• Work with modern cloud, identity and security technologies.
• Develop your career within a people-first consultancy.

If you're a Senior Security, Cloud, Identity or Technical Architect looking for a challenging role where your expertise can make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.