Senior Security Architect | Cloud & Threat Modelling

Accenture; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

30 days vacation per year

3 extra days of leave for charitable/寄

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Security Architect to lead security architecture across a portfolio of projects in the UK. You will act as a technical authority, guide secure designs, and coordinate threat modelling, risk assessments, and security testing with cross-functional teams.

You will evaluate cloud, network, infrastructure, and application security controls, ensuring alignment with regulatory and business requirements.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in security architecture, security engineering, cloud security, network security, application security, or penetration testing.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior Security Architect and technical authority across a portfolio of projects and services.
• Lead security architecture reviews and provide expert guidance on secure design principles.
• Assess and advise on cloud, network, infrastructure, and application security controls.
• Review complex technical solutions and ensure they align with security, regulatory, and business requirements.
• Conduct and support threat modelling, risk assessments, and vulnerability assessments.
• Provide technical oversight and recommendations for security testing and penetration testing activities.
• Support vulnerability management activities, helping teams prioritise and remediate security risks.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, testers, and assurance teams to deliver secure solutions.
• Act as an escalation point for complex technical security challenges.
• Coach and mentor security practitioners, helping to improve the quality and consistency of technical security outputs.
• Promote security best practice and contribute to the development of technical standards across the security community.
• Engage with both senior stakeholders and technical delivery teams to communicate security risks and recommendations effectively.

Skills

Security architecture

Security engineering

Cloud security

Network security

Application security

Penetration testing

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior Security Architect to lead security architecture across a portfolio of projects in the UK. You will act as a technical authority, guide secure designs, and coordinate threat modelling, risk assessments, and security testing with cross-functional teams.

You will evaluate cloud, network, infrastructure, and application security controls, ensuring alignment with regulatory and business requirements.