DV-Cleared Security Architect for Defence IT

Sanderson Government & Defence; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive salary and benefits

Enhanced pension and private medical

Flexible working and professional dev

Defence mission impact

Job summary

Sanderson Government & Defence seeks a Security Architect with DV clearance to lead the design and implementation of comprehensive security architectures for defence IT environments in Farnborough. You will craft enterprise security strategies, govern security programme delivery, and ensure compliance with MOD security requirements.

Responsibilities cover security strategy, risk management, threat-informed design, cloud security, incident response, and overseeing secure SDLC practices.

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 SIEM
• Lead security technology evaluation and implementation programmes
• Lead security technical teams and provide architectural mentoring
• Establish security design standards, architecture patterns and operational governance
• Drive technical decision-making through security design reviews
• Document security architecture decisions and design specifications
• Serve as technical authority for security architecture discussions with customer leadership
• Present security recommendations to defence programme teams and executive stakeholders
• Lead security architecture workshops and customer engagement activities
• Communicate complex security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences

Skills

DV clearance

Security architecture

Defence industry experience

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

CISSP or equivalent

Tools

MOD security standards

ISO 27001

Cloud security (AWS/Azure)

Job description

Sanderson Government & Defence seeks a Security Architect with DV clearance to lead the design and implementation of comprehensive security architectures for defence IT environments in Farnborough. You will craft enterprise security strategies, govern security programme delivery, and ensure compliance with MOD security requirements.

Responsibilities cover security strategy, risk management, threat-informed design, cloud security, incident response, and overseeing secure SDLC practices.