Senior Security Architect

• We design and secure architectures that protect services used by millions of people.
• We shape secure-by-design solutions for modern cloud-native services across a complex enterprise landscape.
• We lead threat mitigation and guide security decisions in collaboration with architects, engineers, and senior stakeholders.
• We help design and secure identity and trust capabilities that support safe access to government services.
• We embed security throughout the product lifecycle, from discovery and design through delivery and live service.
• We provide expert assurance by reviewing designs, identifying vulnerabilities, and recommending improvements.
• We influence architecture standards, strategic roadmaps, and governance across the organisation.
• We act as a senior voice within the architecture community, supporting decision-making and escalating complex challenges.
• We define reusable security patterns that improve outcomes at scale.
• We mentor architects, support teams in understanding security principles, and share best practice across the wider community.
• We help build organisational capability and raise security maturity across DWP Digital.

Technologies:

• Architect
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Docker
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Security
• Embedded

• We need experience designing secure architectures for large, complex organisations, ensuring security is built in from the start.
• We need experience securing modern applications and cloud platforms, including Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• We need experience working across enterprise-level systems and aligning designs with wider technology strategies and roadmaps.
• We need a strong understanding of networks and infrastructure, including how to secure highly available environments.
• We need experience identifying and managing security risks, using tools and techniques such as monitoring, detection, and encryption.
• We need experience designing secure identity and access solutions.
• We need the ability to communicate security concepts clearly while leading and supporting others.
• We need someone who thrives in complex environments and is motivated by high-impact security work at scale.

We are DWP Digital, working at the heart of one of the UKs most critical public service organisations, protecting digital services used by millions of citizens and colleagues every day. This Senior Security Architect role sits within our Corporate Centre Services function and plays a high-impact part in securing identity, trust, and other critical platforms at national scale. We offer hybrid working from one of our digital hubs in Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, or Sheffield, along with a competitive package that includes pay up to £83,917, a strong civil service pension, generous leave, flexible working, professional development, mentoring, coaching, and a broad benefits package focused on work-life balance. We are proud of our inclusive, award-winning culture and are looking for someone who wants to make a real difference through purpose-driven security leadership.