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# Senior Security Architect

- **Company:** DWP Digital
- **Location:** Staining, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £80,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Kubernetes, Docker, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** November 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5958155148

## About the Role

* 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.

## Description

* 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