Allwyn UK
Security Architect (12 month FTC)
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Enterprise Security Design Specialist
The Role
At the heart of everything we do is our vision to change lives every day, and our mission to grow The National Lottery responsibly while championing its impact.
We are Allwyn UK, part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group, a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence across the USA (Michigan & Illinois) and Europe (Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Cyprus & Italy).
At Allwyn, we put our purpose and values at the heart of everything we do—and we’re now on a once-in-a-lifetime, large-scale transformation journey, working to create a National Lottery that delivers more money to good causes. Join us in making this happen.
A Bit About the Role
Working within Allwyn’s Enterprise Security team, you’ll be responsible for ensuring the design and delivery of secure solutions. This includes:
- Producing high-level and low-level security designs for multiple high-security impact workstreams across our large programme of work, ensuring designs are fit for purpose and compliant with security policies, standards, and patterns.
- Providing direct support to Technology Solution Architects, Project Managers, Business Analysts, and other key stakeholders, from the production of Technical Design documents through to secure delivery of solutions into production.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Provide specialist security support to project teams and Technology Solution Architects, ensuring security is embedded into solutions early while balancing cost, pace, and quality.
- Support security triage of solutions to help projects identify resource requirements, considering availability, project timelines, and necessary skillsets.
- Conduct security risk assessments using industry-standard threat modelling techniques (e.g., STRIDE, DREAD, MITRE ATT&ck).
- Produce security designs for high-risk workstreams across Allwyn, detailing security requirements based on risk assessments and security patterns.
- Support the assessment and communication of identified security risks and non-compliances to policies and standards with programme stakeholders and service owners.
- Lead security design governance activities, incorporating stakeholder feedback to refine and update design artefacts as needed.
- Develop test plans and test scopes for functional security and penetration testing, while supporting both internal and external (e.g., pen test) teams.
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What Experience We’re Looking For
Must-Have:
- Experience in providing security support to enterprise-level projects.
- Strong knowledge and application of threat modelling techniques (e.g., STRIDE, DREAD, MITRE ATT&CK).
- Ability to apply a structured approach to security requirements in design with quality and compliance in mind.
- Broad technical experience across infrastructure, networks, systems, databases, and applications.
- Deep understanding of security domains, including:
- Identity & Access Management
- Cryptography
- Endpoint Security
- Network Security
- Web & Application Security
- Security Logging & Monitoring
- Vulnerability Management
- Experience in collaborating with external parties to develop security test plans and support penetration testing.
- Strong expertise in cloud security architecture, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
- Solid knowledge of industry security standards (e.g., CIS, ISO 27000, PCI-DSS, NIST) and how to effectively incorporate them into designs.
- Ability to communicate security risks to stakeholders and assist in risk position negotiations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, plus strong presentation abilities.
Nice to Have:
- Experience in complex release management models within technical delivery teams.
- Familiarity with Agile tools such as Confluence and Jira.
- Background in gambling/gaming platforms (e.g., online casinos, sports betting, or iGaming), or regulated environments (e.g., finance, healthcare).
- Experience with Agile, Scrum, Lean, and Waterfall methodologies.
- Certified CISSP professional.
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About Us
At Allwyn, we’re driven by a shared purpose—to change lives, grow the National Lottery responsibly, and champion its positive impact on people, places, and the planet.
Our Core Principles
Innovation – We’re always looking for new ways to excite our customers while delivering products that drive responsible play and accessibility for all.
Giving Back – Generate £30m+ weekly for charities and good causes. Our goal? Double this by the end of the first 10-year license.
Sustainability – Committed to becoming a net-zero national lottery. By 2030, we’ll fully decarbonize operations and energy, with offices zero gas, low-emission fleets, and reduced-emission manufacturing.
Empowering Voices – We champion inclusivity and belonging in all parts of The National Lottery. Supporting diversity is key—whether people engage online or in person.
A workplace built around a well-rounded reward system prioritising wellbeing and belonging. Because at Allwyn, our people aren’t just colleagues—they’re winners driving real impact.
Benefits
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Matching pension contributions (up to 8.5%)
- 26 + 2 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Private health insurance (including Single Private Health Cover & complimentary Private Medical)
- Income protection
- Flexible benefits (Electric Vehicle Scheme, Money Coach, Will Writing, Mortgage Advice, Dental & Eye Care Schemes)
- Enhanced family leave (Maternity, Paternity, Adoption)
- Wellness Allowance (£500)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted health assessments
- Volunteering days
- -matched funding
- Disability confident leader – agreements to contact made for adjustments during recruitment.
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