Security Architect

Public Sector Resourcing, managed by AMS; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Security Architect for a hybrid role based in the UK for a 6 month contract. The role involves enhancing security across platforms, advising on architectural patterns, and working with various teams to drive secure practices. Candidates must have strong experience in regulated environments and be able to communicate security risks effectively. Active security clearance is preferred for this position.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Security Architect in complex settings.
• In-depth cyber security knowledge including secure development.
• Effective communication of security risks to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the security of platforms by addressing cyber risks.
• Understand emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
• Support delivery teams with secure design decisions.

Skills

Strong experience as a Security Architect in large, complex or regulated environments

Deep knowledge of cyber security

Ability to communicate security and risk clearly to stakeholders

Strong understanding of vulnerabilities and exploitability

Experience influencing senior stakeholders

Job description

Overview

On behalf of The Ministry of Justice, we are looking for a Security Architect (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based Hybrid in any UK MoJ Office.

The Ministry of Justice is looking for an experienced Security Architect to play a key role in shaping secure services and platforms across a large, complex digital environment. This is an opportunity to influence strategy, guide senior stakeholders, and drive secure-by-design practices across multiple programmes.

As a Security Architect, you'll work with digital, engineering, delivery and security teams to identify risks, shape security architecture and ensure systems are robust, resilient, secure and scalable. You\'ll provide guidance across multiple projects and help to define the security vision for the organisation.

You\'ll be working at both a strategic and technical level, advising on threats, architectural patterns, secure design and best practice while ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Enhancing the security of platforms and services by identifying, communicating and addressing cyber security risks
• Understanding emerging vulnerabilities, threats and attacker techniques
• Supporting delivery teams with secure design and architecture decisions
• Influencing senior stakeholders and shaping the security vision and principles
• Making key architectural recommendations across multiple technologies and programmes
• Researching and validating new security technologies and approaches
• Producing high quality documentation, guidance, and technical advice
• Advocating for secure engineering and encouraging best practice across teams

Essential requirements

• Strong experience as a Security Architect in large, complex or regulated environments
• Deep knowledge of cyber security, including secure development, IAM, monitoring and detection and secure platform engineering
• Ability to communicate security and risk clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong understanding of vulnerabilities, exploitability and their impact on system design
• Experience challenging and improving security processes and architectural decisions
• Familiarity with security standards and architectural practices relevant to government or regulated environments, including NCSC guidance and Official Security Classifications
• Understanding of secure network architectures, including those comparable to the Public Services Network (PSN)
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders or operating at enterprise level

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, MOJ guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Ministry of Justice guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following: this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.