Security Architect – Defence-Grade Zero-Trust Strategy

DXC Technology Inc.; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology Inc. in Farnborough is seeking a Security Architect to design and implement enterprise security architectures for defence and aerospace IT environments, leading security programme implementations and ensuring compliance with stringent requirements.

You will develop enterprise strategies, architect defence-in-depth solutions across network, data and endpoints, and drive risk management, incident response, and cloud security in a complex, onsite role with a strong governance focus.

Qualifications

• Previous background in information security within an architectural role.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale security architectures.
• Defence, aerospace or government security programmes.
• 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 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.

Skills

Security architecture

Risk management

Security strategy

Threat modeling

Incident response

Cloud security

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Tools

SIEM

DLP

EDR

WAF

Firewalls

Job description

DXC Technology Inc. in Farnborough is seeking a Security Architect to design and implement enterprise security architectures for defence and aerospace IT environments, leading security programme implementations and ensuring compliance with stringent requirements.

You will develop enterprise strategies, architect defence-in-depth solutions across network, data and endpoints, and drive risk management, incident response, and cloud security in a complex, onsite role with a strong governance focus.