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Security Architect
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Security Architect – Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire – Hybrid – Permanent 37.5 hours per week – £75,000 - £80,000 per annum – DV
Company Culture & 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 role.
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.
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Key Skills Required:
- 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.
Desired but 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.
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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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