Senior Cyber Security Architect

up to £85,000 base (DOE) + up to 10% bonus + benefits

Remote-first UK | Genuine flexibility | Varied client engagements

Bring your technical experience into a role where you can shape the solution and see it through.

You enjoy understanding how systems work, identifying where they’re exposed and designing security that makes sense for the organisation using it.

You want work that stretches your thinking, the autonomy to apply your judgement and knowledgeable colleagues to exchange ideas with.

We’re partnering with a growing UK cyber security consultancy to appoint a Senior Security Architect to its technical consulting team.

This opportunity combines security architecture, cloud security and practical technical consulting
, helping clients embed security from initial design through to implementation.

You may already be a Security Architect or Technical Security Consultant. Equally, you could be a Security Engineer with strong design experience, ready to bring your expertise into a broader client-facing role.

• Variety that develops your expertise. Work across different client environments, technologies and security challenges, applying your strengths while building new capabilities.
• Ownership of meaningful work. Understand the problem, shape the design and help clients put your recommendations into practice.
• A genuinely flexible culture. Remote-first working, with occasional travel to client sites and company offices.
• Experienced people around you. Collaborate with technical consultants, engineers and security operations specialists who share knowledge and support one another.
• The opportunity to contribute. Bring ideas to the team, improve delivery approaches and help develop the consultancy’s architecture services.

Reporting to the Technical Consulting Lead, you’ll help clients design, assess and improve security across cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments
.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing security architectures, reference designs and high- and low-level design documentation.
• Conducting threat modelling, technical risk assessments and architecture reviews.
• Advising on cloud security, identity and access management, network security, monitoring and other technical controls.
• Working with client engineering and project teams to embed secure-by-design principles throughout delivery.
• Explaining design decisions and security trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Managing your client commitments, maintaining delivery quality and adapting to different business requirements.
• Contributing to reusable security patterns, delivery materials and improvements across the consulting team.

• Practical experience in security architecture, technical security consulting or security engineering
  , including designing and implementing security controls.
• Cloud security experience
  , with exposure to environments such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 or AWS.
• The ability to translate business requirements and security risks into workable technical designs.
• A solid understanding of security across areas such as identity, networks, endpoints and cloud infrastructure.
• Clear communication, sound judgement and the confidence to work directly with clients.
• Curiosity, adaptability and a collaborative approach to solving unfamiliar problems.
• Experience applying guidance or frameworks such as NCSC, NIST, CIS or ISO 27001 would be valuable.

SABSA, TOGAF or other architecture certifications are preferred, alongside relevant Microsoft cloud or security certifications. Practical capability and the ability to explain your approach are central to the role.

Aviation experience would be a bonus, but is not essential.

If you’re looking for greater variety, genuine flexibility and the opportunity to apply your technical expertise across different clients,