Senior Security Architect (Central Gov)
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Job description
Logiq is a fast growing technology company delivering secure, modern platforms for high risk, mission critical environments across the private sector and UK Central Government. We are expanding our Security Architecture capability and seeking experienced Principal Security Architects who can shape, assure, and enable delivery of secure, cloud native services at scale.
You will be comfortable working across the full systems lifecycle, from discovery and architecture through delivery and transition to live, serving as a trusted customer friend . You'll partner with engineering, product, and senior leadership to embed Secure by Design, de risk complex change, and simplify security for decision makers. A strong grasp of how contemporary cloud native services (containers, Kubernetes, microservices/serverless, identity, secrets, and zero trust patterns) are designed and implemented is essential to success in this role.
Our consultants lead parallel workstreams spanning security engineering and assurance, maintain day to day client engagement, and contribute to presales and bid activity when needed.
What you'll do
Secure product & platform delivery (cloud native focus)
Provide hands on cyber consultancy across digital product lifecycles, championing Secure by Design and privacy by default.
Conduct and iterate threat models for new features and integrations; translate findings into actionable design and control decisions.
Advise on secure architecture for modern platforms (segmentation, identity/access, encryption, data protection, secrets, and resilience).
Recommend and review controls for containerised and serverless workloads; guide teams on secure coding and code review practices.
Support incident response planning and playbook development; foster a culture of continuous assurance.
Your experience will include:
Leading the development of security architecture and design for complex IT requirements, ensuring smooth transition from design to live service. Managing trade offs based on stakeholder needs and constraints while championing and driving transformation through a clear vision and architecture to lead the delivery journey.
Enabling delivery through the definition of methodologies, approach, team structure, and supporting technologies that enable successful transformation across an engineering lifecycle.
Shaping policies, principles and standards, aligning IT transformation to these in an organisational/enterprise context, in order to deliver efficiently.
Ensuring full lifecycle traceability of stakeholder requirements, supporting project planning with accurate assumptions, and simplifying complexity for senior stakeholders.
Familiarity with TOGAF and Archimate or similar.
Employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance, which requires 5 years' continuous UK address history at the point of application. Travel to client sites and Logiq offices will be required.
Requirements
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), or another industry recognised cyber security certification.
Desirable
Full Membership of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) - highly desirable.
Chartered or Principal status via the UK Cyber Security Council for Secure Systems Architecture.
NCSC Certified Cyber Professional (CCP) in Security Architecture.
IEng or CEng registered with a UK engineering body.
Chartership through BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
SABSA Chartered Security Architect.
Benefits & conditions
Salary: Negotiable, plus car allowance, plus up to 10% performance bonus*, plus excellent benefits package (below)., Logiq is committed to investing in people, offering a clear progression pathway into our consultancy service, and we will passionately support professional growth to develop our employees.
Flexible working is available, including part time / term time patterns. All suggestions are welcomed and will be discussed as part of a proposed employment package.
Logiq is dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace. Our commitment is to ensure equal opportunities for all in both employment and career advancement. We base our decisions on individual merit, qualifications, and suitability for the role, without regard to gender, age, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, race, religion, or national background., * Competitive Car Allowance
- 10% Discretionary
- Very competitive Pension Scheme
- Access EV Scheme
- Access to Private Health Care
- Flexible Working
- Hybrid Working
- Fantastic Company Culture
- 10 days additional paid leave for reservists and CFAV