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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data & AI Security Engineer - **Company:** Allwyn UK - **Location:** Watford, UK - **Salary:** £63,222.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Machine Learning, Power BI, Cloud Platform System, Data Ingestion, Usage Tracking, Data Analytics, AWS Data Analytics, Data Management, CIS Benchmarks, Data Pipelines, Amazon Redshift - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5855406933 ## About the Role * Proven experience operating as a Security Architect or senior security advisory practitioner within complex, cloud-based environments. * Strong practical experience securing AWS-hosted data platforms, including Amazon Redshift and related analytics services. * Demonstrable understanding of security architecture principles across: * Cloud and platform security * Data platforms and data pipelines * Identity and access management * Encryption and key management * Experience assessing and mitigating security risks associated with AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics. * Solid knowledge of recognised security frameworks and standards (e.g. NCSC CAF, ISO/IEC 27001, CIS Benchmarks). * Ability to balance technical depth with delivery pragmatism, providing advice that enables progress while remaining defensible. * Experience working in agile, product-centred, or project-based delivery environments. ## Description Working within Allwyn's Data & AI function, the Data & AI Security Engineer is responsible for embedding security architecture and risk management directly into the design and delivery of Allwyn's data platforms, analytics capabilities, and AI initiatives. The role has a dotted-line relationship into Enterprise Security, ensuring alignment with Allwyn's security strategy, standards, and risk appetite, while operating day-to-day as a trusted security architecture partner to Data & AI delivery, engineering, and product teams. The role exists to enable Data & AI teams to move quickly and safely, ensuring that platforms such as AWS Redshift, Reporting(Power BI), AWS Data platform systems and AI workloads are secure by design, compliant by default, and resilient at scale. What you'll be doing Embedded Security Architecture & Engineering (Data & AI) Act as the embedded security architect within Data & AI, shaping solutions from discovery through design and delivery. * Lead the definition and application of security architecture patterns for AWS-hosted data and analytics platforms, with a focus on Amazon Redshift, data pipelines, and supporting services. * Define secure architectural approaches for AI and advanced analytics workloads, including data ingestion, model training, experimentation, inference, and integration into downstream services. * Ensure designs address key security concerns such as data protection, identity and access management, encryption, environment segregation, monitoring, and resilience. Security Assurance & Risk Management * Provide proactive security architecture assurance to Data & AI initiatives, ensuring early engagement and secure-by-design outcomes. * Produce and maintain security artefacts including threat models, architectural risk assessments, solution security designs, and control definitions. * Identify, articulate, and manage security risks arising from data usage, analytics, and AI adoption, supporting informed decision-making where trade-offs are required. Alignment with Enterprise Security * Maintain strong alignment with Enterprise Security through a dotted-line relationship, ensuring consistency with: * Security strategy and standards * Risk appetite and governance expectations * Regulatory and compliance obligations * Contribute to the evolution of enterprise security patterns, standards, and guidance based on practical experience from Data & AI delivery. * Act as a trusted bridge between Data & AI teams and Enterprise Security, translating requirements in both directions in a pragmatic and delivery-focused way. Stakeholder Collaboration & Influence * Partner closely with Data Engineering, AI, Cloud Engineering, Architecture, and Product teams to influence design decisions and promote security-first thinking. * Engage confidently with senior technical and business stakeholders, explaining security risks and recommendations in clear, outcome-focused terms. * Support capability uplift by coaching engineers and architects on cloud, data, and AI security principles. ## Related Videos - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Why and when should we consider Stream Processing frameworks in our solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1085-why-and-when-should-we-consider-stream-processing-frameworks-in-our-solutions) - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Data Analytics with Microsoft Fabric: End-to-End Use Case with Data Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1547-data-analytics-with-microsoft-fabric-end-to-end-use-case-with-data-agents) - [Python-Based Data Streaming Pipelines Within Minutes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1233-python-based-data-streaming-pipelines-within-minutes) ## Related Articles - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Trustworthy AI Starts at Deployment: 5 Checks Before You Ship](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/753-trustworthy-ai-starts-at-deployment-5-checks-before-you-ship)