Enterprise Security Architect

HOK Consulting - Technical Recruitment Consultancy; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technical recruitment consultancy is seeking an Enterprise Security Architect to drive engineering excellence across DevSecOps and Cyber Security. This role involves promoting security engineering best practices, designing secure architectures, and ensuring compliance with regulatory controls. Ideal candidates will have strong DevSecOps expertise, lead engineering improvement initiatives, and possess a related degree. Flexible hybrid working is available, with two days onsite in Sheffield.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on DevSecOps and security engineering skills.
• Experience leading initiatives in complex environments.
• Understanding of security architecture governance and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Drive engineering excellence across DevSecOps and Cyber Security.
• Embed security engineering best practices across teams.
• Define security requirements for regulatory compliance.
• Design standard build and deployment pipelines.
• Champion reuse-first architecture for scalable solutions.

Skills

DevSecOps expertise

Security engineering expertise

Engineering improvement initiatives

Secure systems engineering

Education

Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Location: Hybrid (x2 days from Sheffield)

The Enterprise Security Architect will drive engineering excellence across DevSecOps, Cyber Security, embedding secure‑by‑design principles, standardisation, automation, and DevOps best practices. The role partners closely with Cyber Engineering, Architecture, and Product teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reusable security capabilities across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive engineering excellence across DevSecOps, Cyber, promoting standardisation, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Embed security engineering best practices across teams, defining clear processes, tools, and patterns.
• Define security requirements that meet regulatory controls while enabling usability and operational efficiency.
• Design and promote standard build and deployment pipelines across Cyber Security.
• Champion reuse‑first architecture, enabling “build once, use many times” solutions.

Skills & Experience

• Strong DevSecOps and security engineering expertise, both hands‑on and at design level.
• Background in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience leading engineering improvement initiatives in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of secure systems engineering, architecture governance, and compliance.