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# Enterprise Cyber Security Architect

- **Company:** IBEX RECRUITMENT LTD
- **Location:** Warrington, United Kingdom
- **Salary:** £75,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Business Software, Business Systems, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Network Segmentation, OAuth, Zero Trust Network Access, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), IT Architecture, Software Security, National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5961624498

## About the Role

* Proven experience securing enterprise IT environments or complex business systems.
 * Strong understanding of hybrid/cloud convergence and securing legacy or brownfield enterprise landscapes.
 * Knowledge of recognised enterprise security standards such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and zero-trust principles.
 * Experience designing secure segmentation models (zero-trust, micro-segmentation), next-gen firewalls, and secure remote access solutions.
 * Familiarity with enterprise protocols and technologies such as SAML/OAuth, API security, and associated risks in cloud-native environments.
 * Experience operating in regulated, business-critical, or high-availability enterprise settings.
 * Ability to translate technical risk into clear architectural decisions for engineering and business audiences.
 * We welcome candidates from any industry with relevant enterprise architecture or infrastructure architecture experience in energy, utilities, manufacturing, transport, defence, or other industrial sectors.

## Description

* Define and implement security architecture principles across enterprise IT environments.
 * Embed secure-by-design controls into business applications, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems.
 * Lead design assurance across network segmentation, zero-trust architectures, and secure cloud DMZ models.
 * Identify architectural gaps within existing enterprise estates and define pragmatic remediation roadmaps.
 * Align enterprise security architecture to recognised frameworks and regulatory requirements.
 * Collaborate with enterprise architects, business stakeholders, and cyber teams to balance availability, compliance, and security.
 * Provide architectural guidance across cloud migration and digital transformation programmes.

Technologies:

 * API
 * Architect
 * Cloud
 * Support
 * Network
 * OAuth
 * SAML
 * Security, We are a large organisation undergoing significant cyber and digital transformation, seeking a Cyber Security Architect focused on securing enterprise IT systems and business applications. This role is part of a dedicated Security Architecture function. We offer 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, flexible leave options, and family-friendly policies, along with a generous employer pension contribution up to 13.5% and employee health assistance programmes. We prioritise employee wellbeing with various support services. This is a permanent position based in the North West of England, requiring candidates to have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship.