Security Architect - NCSC, CISSP, Azure - SC Cleared - (Inside IR35)

Global Resourcing; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Resourcing seeks a Security Architect to provide enterprise-wide leadership for secure design across digital platforms, data systems and cloud environments. You will be the senior authority on security architecture, ensuring programmes adopt consistent, standards-based security from inception through delivery.

This influential role defines and shapes secure design vision, principles and frameworks while leading architectural assurance across high-risk, complex systems.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of security architecture, secure design and secure development practices.
• Experience across IT infrastructure, software development and modern cloud/microservices architectures.
• Stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• CISSP or UK CSC or equivalent accreditation.
• Experience in government or other regulated environments.
• Led security design and assurance in cloud and hybrid transformations.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise-wide leadership for secure design across digital platforms, data systems and cloud environments.
• Act as senior authority on security architecture and ensure programmes adopt standards-based security from inception to delivery.
• Define secure design vision, principles and frameworks and lead architectural assurance across high-risk systems.

Skills

Security architecture

Secure design

Secure development practices

IT infrastructure

Software development

Cloud & microservices

Stakeholder engagement

CISSP/UK CSC

Regulated environments

Job description

The Security Architect will provide enterprise-wide leadership for secure design across digital platforms, data systems and cloud environments. You will act as the senior authority on security architecture, ensuring that programmes, products and services adopt consistent, standards-based approaches to security from inception through to delivery.

This is a highly influential role with significant strategic impact. You will define and shape secure design vision, principles and frameworks, while leading architectural assurance across complex, high-risk systems.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Expert knowledge of security architecture, secure design, and secure development practices.
• Technical expertise across IT infrastructure, software development, and modern architectures (Cloud and microservices), along with experience of applying security principles.
• Stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Professional accreditation such as CISSP, UK CSC or equivalent.
• Experience of working across government or within complex regulated environments.
• Demonstrable experience leading security design and assurance within cloud and hybrid digital transformations.