Security Architect

Security Architect – Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire – Hybrid – Permanent 37.5 hours per week –£75,000 - £80,000 per annum–DV

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

The Key Responsibilities of a Security Architect:

• 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.

Below is a list of Key Skills required for a Security Architect, however you will not be expected to have everything:

• 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.

Benefits/Perks:

• 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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