Security Architect

Security Architect

• Annual Salary: £47,700- £52,000
• Location: Newport, South Wales
• Job Type: Hybrid (20% office attendance)

Security Architect, where you will support the development of security vision, strategy, and roadmaps. This role is ideal for candidates with strong technical security expertise and experience in governance, compliance, and risk

Day-to-day of the role:

• Collaborate closely with the Chief Security Officer, Head of Cyber, Lead Security Architect, and the wider security team.
• Shape security solutions and controls across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms.
• Provide oversight, support, and advice to enable technical teams to make informed security decisions.
• Ensure continued compliance with key security standards and frameworks such as PCI, ISO 27001, Secure by Design, and GovAssure.
• Champion Secure by Design principles and ensure common security tools and patterns are used effectively to deliver secure systems and proportionate controls.
• Provide security advice and best practices that help protect organisational assets and embed security principles, policies, and processes across the organisation.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Broad technical knowledge, particularly across cloud and hybrid technologies.
• Solid understanding of security protocols, networking, identity management, authentication, authorisation, and cryptography.
• Strong understanding of Governance, Compliance, and Risk, including the Confidentiality, Availability, and Integrity (CIA) triad.
• Ability to evaluate options, assess risks, and make effective decisions.
• Up-to-date knowledge of emerging security technologies, threats, and trends.
• Substantial practical experience across security architecture, cloud and hybrid technologies, security governance, compliance, and risk.
• Demonstrated application of security best practices within an organisation.

Security Check (SC) clearance required; candidates should have a minimum of five years' continuous UK residency.

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