Strategic Enterprise Security Architect

QinetiQ Limited; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 78,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension

Generous holiday allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discount portal

Armed Forces Covenant support

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

QinetiQ is seeking an Enterprise Architect (Security) to provide strategic architectural leadership across the organisation, aligning business and technology while guiding investments, roadmaps and delivery outcomes.

Responsibilities include governance, roadmapping, mentoring and developing architecture narratives for senior stakeholders across global sites. The role is based at UK sites with a 37-hour work week.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise-scale architecture or senior roles.
• Deep understanding of security architecture and its role across the enterprise.
• Strong ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Good governance practices and collaboration with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Owning architecture principles, standards and reference designs; managing Architecture Review Boards.
• Maintaining relationships with business, finance and delivery leads; presenting to exec/CxO audiences.
• Defining multi-year domain roadmaps aligning business capabilities with tech outcomes.
• Publishing EA knowledge products and maintaining tooling, metamodels and metrics.
• Supporting service transition with guardrails and runbook expectations; mentoring teams.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Security architecture

Stakeholder communication

Governance

Education

TOGAF & ITIL v4

CS/SE/Engineering/Maths degree

Job description

QinetiQ is seeking an Enterprise Architect (Security) to provide strategic architectural leadership across the organisation, aligning business and technology while guiding investments, roadmaps and delivery outcomes.

Responsibilities include governance, roadmapping, mentoring and developing architecture narratives for senior stakeholders across global sites. The role is based at UK sites with a 37-hour work week.