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# Security Architect (SC cleared)

- **Company:** Sanderson Recruitment Plc
- **Location:** Bedford, UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Architectural Patterns, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security, PCI Data Security Standards, Public Key Infrastructure, Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture, Togaf, CIS Benchmarks, Microservices
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2891976776-security-architect-sc-cleared

## About the Role

Prior and proven experience gained as a Security Architect or in a technical cyber role working across public sector / government agencies.

Expertise in:

 * Security legislation (GDPR, PCI DSS, ICO)
 * Frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls v8)
 * HMG/NCSC policies and guidance
 * Cloud security (AWS, Azure)
 * Microservice architectures
 * PKI, Cryptography, Privileged Access Management

Certifications: SABSA, TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, CISSP, CISM (or working towards CIISEC/UK Cyber Security Council registration).

Soft Skills: Strong analytical thinking, communication, teamwork, and adaptability.

## Description

* Providing expert secure design advice and guidance to projects from the Discovery phase and throughout the life cycle through to disposal.
 * Ensuring adherence of solution and product designs to security standards, blueprints and architectural patterns.
 * Validating the design, implementation and effectiveness of security controls to confirm they meet their intended objective.
 * Delivering security architecture to support deployment of large data-driven services into private and public cloud environments.
 * Designing and scoping IT Health Checks which will identify principal security concerns for service-lines.
 * Reviewing outcomes of the ITHC and providing advice and guidance, and where required production of an action plan for vulnerabilities identified with clear recommendations and outcomes to mitigate and address.
 * Delivering risk, threat modelling and analysis for systems, applications and infrastructure.
 * Designing proportional security controls to bring risk within appetite, leveraging native cloud technologies.
 * Producing security architecture design artefacts including standards and blueprints.
 * Promoting the adoption of architectural and Secure By Design principles to reduce information risk.
 * Identifying security risks that arise from potential solution architectures, advising and assuring alternate solutions or counter measures to mitigate identified information risks.


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