Principal Security Architect — Apps & Data Security

CO-OP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Company car or car allowance

Annual bonus

Pension with employer contributions

Hybrid working (Manchester HQ)

Gym access and employee discounts

Job summary

Co-op is seeking a Principal Security Architect to lead our applications and data security architecture. You will set standards, govern security across platforms, and provide strategic direction to ensure secure-by-design principles are embedded from cloud platforms to data services.

You will drive threat modelling, security patterns and governance across the wider business, collaborating with architects, engineers and senior colleagues to deliver secure, scalable technology outcomes.

Qualifications

• Leads application and data security architecture across platforms.
• Performs threat modelling and risk-based decision making.
• Applies secure-by-design principles across cloud, APIs, and data services.
• Influences senior partners and ensures governance and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture standards, principles and best practices (NIST, CIS, Zero Trust).
• Embed secure-by-design across apps, APIs, cloud solutions and data services.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modelling

Cloud-native architecture

DevSecOps

Tools

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

Job description

Co-op is seeking a Principal Security Architect to lead our applications and data security architecture. You will set standards, govern security across platforms, and provide strategic direction to ensure secure-by-design principles are embedded from cloud platforms to data services.

You will drive threat modelling, security patterns and governance across the wider business, collaborating with architects, engineers and senior colleagues to deliver secure, scalable technology outcomes.