Security Architect: Lead Secure-by-Design Cloud Architecture

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); Sheffield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) seeks a Security Architect to design and deliver secure architectures for large-scale government services. You will provide guidance on secure-by-design principles, cloud security, and governance while collaborating with agile teams and stakeholders to drive secure outcomes.

The role emphasizes mentoring, cross-team collaboration, and contributing to the Digital Blueprint and architecture standards.

Qualifications

• Has proven experience as a Security Architect within complex, large-scale digital or government environments.
• Strong understanding of secure-by-design principles, enterprise architecture and cloud-native security.
• Experience working in agile, multidisciplinary teams delivering user-centric services.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex security concepts clearly.
• Experience shaping architecture standards, roadmaps and governance frameworks.
• Passion for mentoring others and developing organisational capability.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design and delivery of secure architectures, embedding security controls from the outset of product development.
• Developing and recommending secure solution options during discovery and inception to inform design decisions.
• Collaborating with Solution Architects and agile teams to produce secure, value-for-money designs aligned to user needs.
• Creating clear security architecture artefacts and documentation to support governance and enable secure engineering practices.
• Ensuring all designs comply with the Digital Blueprint, EA standards, and roadmaps.
• Providing expert security guidance across the full product lifecycle, including assurance activities such as control self-assessments.
• Owning and evolving security product roadmaps, contributing to Digital Blueprint improvements and reusable security patterns.
• Build organisational security capability through mentoring, sharing best practice, and supporting the Architecture community.

Skills

Security architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud-native security

Agile collaboration

Stakeholder influence

Mentoring capability

Job description

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) seeks a Security Architect to design and deliver secure architectures for large-scale government services. You will provide guidance on secure-by-design principles, cloud security, and governance while collaborating with agile teams and stakeholders to drive secure outcomes.

The role emphasizes mentoring, cross-team collaboration, and contributing to the Digital Blueprint and architecture standards.