DV-Cleared Security Architect for Defence & Cloud

Sanderson Government and Defence; Southampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Enhanced pension

Private medical insurance

Flexible working

Professional development

Job summary

Sanderson Government and Defence seeks a Security Architect with DV clearance to design and implement enterprise security architectures for defence IT environments in the UK. You will define security strategy, lead programmes, and ensure compliance with MOD standards and ITAR.

The role covers threat/risk management, defence-in-depth design, cloud and on-premise security, and governance with senior stakeholders. DV clearance is essential; permanent, full-time opportunities available.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years' information security experience with 5+ years in architecture role.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale security architectures.
• Strong background in defence, aerospace or government security programmes.
• Demonstrated expertise with security operations, incident response and threat management.

Responsibilities

• Design holistic security architectures incorporating people, process and technology security.
• Develop enterprise-wide security strategies aligned with MOD Classification Guides and Defence Security Policy.
• Architect defence-in-depth security solutions across network, application, data and endpoint layers.
• Lead security architecture reviews and technical security assessments.
• Design zero-trust security models and continuous verification frameworks.
• Assess cyber threat landscape and design threat-informed security architectures.
• Lead security risk assessments and vulnerability management programmes.
• Design incident response, threat intelligence and cyber defence capabilities.
• Architect security monitoring, detection and response solutions.
• Design business continuity and cyber resilience frameworks.
• Ensure security architectures comply with MOD security requirements and ITAR regulations.
• Design security solutions supporting ISMS compliance.
• Architect compliance and audit capabilities for regulatory reporting.
• Lead security standards implementation and controls frameworks.
• Architect endpoint protection, data loss prevention (DLP) and advanced threat protection solutions.
• Design cloud security architectures supporting hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Architect application security, API security and secure SDLC integration.
• Design security operations centre (SOC) capabilities and security information and event management (SIEM).
• Lead security technology evaluation and implementation programmes.

Skills

Security architecture

Information security

Threat management

Risk management

Security governance

Communication

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

SIEM

DLP

EDR

WAF

Firewalls

Job description

Sanderson Government and Defence seeks a Security Architect with DV clearance to design and implement enterprise security architectures for defence IT environments in the UK. You will define security strategy, lead programmes, and ensure compliance with MOD standards and ITAR.

The role covers threat/risk management, defence-in-depth design, cloud and on-premise security, and governance with senior stakeholders. DV clearance is essential; permanent, full-time opportunities available.