Principle Security Architect - Digital Transformation, Public Sector, SC Cleared, Hybrid.
Posted 7 days ago by Bangura Solutions
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Principal Security Architect role within the Public sector focuses on critical risk reduction and overseeing transformation programmes, including tech debt replacement and migration. The position requires designing secure architecture for seamless integration of new systems and ensuring security compliance of replacement systems. This role has a high strategic impact, influencing the long-term direction of the Digital platform and involves executing complex technical migrations for approximately 90,000 users.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work on projects with high strategic impact, setting a long-term strategy across the organisation.
- Communicate with senior stakeholders and define the vision, principles, and strategy for security architects.
- Recommend security design across multiple projects or technologies at an organisational level.
- Research, identify, validate, and adopt new technologies and methodologies.
Key Skills:
- Active SC Clearance.
- Extensive experience as a Security Architect in large-scale digital transformation programmes.
- Proven expertise in designing secure architectures aligned with Secure by Design principles and GovAssure/ CAF IGPs.
- Strong background in risk reduction and regulatory compliance within the public sector or complex enterprise environments.
- Deep technical knowledge of modern security practices, frameworks, and tooling.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Our client within the Public sector requires a proven SC cleared Principal Security Architect. The position is responsible for critical risk reduction. You will oversee the transformation programmes, including tech debt replacement and migration, designing secure architecture to ensure seamless integration of new systems/ features and workflows. The Security Architect will be accountable for ensuring that the replacement system are security compliant. This role involves high strategic impact, with long-term effects across the Digital platform. You will also be jointly responsible for executing highly complex technical migrations involving approximately 90,000 users.
responsibilities:
- Work on projects with high strategic impact, setting a strategy that can be used in the long term and across the breadth of the organisation.
- Communicate with a broad range of senior stakeholders and be responsible for defining the vision, principles, and strategy for security architects.
- Recommend security design across several projects or technologies, up to an organisational or inter-organisational level.
- Research, identify, validate, and adopt new technologies and methodologies
Essential
- An active SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role.
- Extensive experience as a Security Architect in large-scale digital transformation programmes.
- Proven expertise in designing and delivering secure architectures aligned with Secure by Design principles and GovAssure/ CAF IGPs.
- Strong background in risk reduction and regulatory compliance within the public sector or complex enterprise environments.
- Deep and evolving technical knowledge of modern security practices, frameworks, and tooling.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to engage with senior leaders and define security vision and principles.
Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Interviews will take place shortly, so please apply immediately to be considered for this exciting career opportunity, or call Bangura Solutions to discuss this role further