Security Principal Architect

We are seeking an experienced security architecture professional to design and lead secure, resilient and scalable technology solutions across the organisation. The successful candidate will define security architecture principles, translate business and technology requirements into robust security controls, and provide expert guidance across cloud, infrastructure, applications, data and identity.

Key Responsibilities Define, maintain and communicate enterprise security architecture principles, standards, patterns and reference architectures. Develop secure solution architectures aligned with business objectives, risk appetite, regulatory requirements and industry best practice.

Provide security architecture leadership across cloud, on-premises, hybrid infrastructure, applications, networks, data and identity platforms. Assess proposed technologies, designs and third-party services to identify security risks, dependencies and opportunities for improvement.

Conduct threat modelling, security risk assessments and design reviews, recommending appropriate mitigating controls. Translate complex security requirements into practical, cost-effective and implementable technical solutions.

Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, product, data, risk, compliance and delivery teams throughout the solution lifecycle. Advise on identity and access management, privileged access, encryption, secrets management, network security, endpoint protection and security monitoring.

Support the development and implementation of secure-by-design and DevSecOps practices. Ensure security architecture decisions are documented, governed and traceable through appropriate architecture repositories and design records.

Monitor emerging threats, technologies, vulnerabilities and regulatory developments, assessing their potential impact on the organisation. Provide technical leadership during security incidents, investigations and remediation activities where required.

Contribute to security strategy, roadmaps, policies, standards and continuous improvement initiatives. Present security risks and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership.

Skills and Experience Proven experience in a senior security architecture, cyber security architecture or enterprise security architecture role. Strong knowledge of security architecture frameworks, principles, design patterns and risk management methodologies.

Practical experience designing secure cloud solutions across platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform. Strong understanding of application security, infrastructure security, network...

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