Security Architecture Consultant

## Security Architecture Consultant Apply locations:
GB - Bristol - Coldharbour Lanetime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R0027442
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* Job Description:

** Salary Range: £44,171 - £63,000

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.
** Your impact
** Are you a network, systems, cloud or software engineer looking to take the next step into cyber security consultancy?
Do you enjoy solving complex technical problems, working with customers, and influencing how systems are designed - not just built?

Leonardo UK is looking for a Cyber Security Architect to join our Cyber & Security Solutions Division. This role is ideal for experienced IT professionals who want to broaden their impact, move into a consultative role, and help shape secure solutions for some of the UK’s most critical and complex environments.
** What you’ll be doing:
** As a Cyber Security Architect, you’ll work at the design and decision-making layer of major programmes. Rather than focusing on day-to-day operations, you’ll help customers build security in from the start - translating technical realities and business objectives into clear, robust, and proportionate security architectures.

You’ll work in a collaborative, agile consultancy environment, blending home and on-site working, and engaging closely with customers, delivery teams and fellow specialists.
** Your role in practice:
** You’ll use your technical background to:

Work with customers
* Build trusted relationships and understand customer missions, constraints and operating environments
* Engage confidently with engineers, project managers, security professionals and senior stakeholders

Understand complex systems
* Analyse existing and proposed IT environments, even where information is incomplete
* Apply recognised security principles, architectural patterns and frameworks to real-world systems

Think in terms of risk
* Identify architectural risks, threats and vulnerabilities
* Explain security trade-offs in clear, business-relevant language rather than just technical detail

Design secure solutions
* Define layered, secure by design architectures across people, process and technology
* Recommend practical security controls and patterns that will support project delivery

Provide assurance
* Review designs and implementations against agreed standards and regulatory expectations
* Support architecture governance, compliance and security assurance activities

Grow the practice
* Contribute to reusable architectural patterns, frameworks and offerings
* Provide technical leadership in bids, proposals and early solution shaping
** What you’ll bring
** This role suits experienced engineers or consultants who are comfortable with complex systems and are ready to step into a broader, more influential security role.

Core strengths
* Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
* Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and confidently
* A consulting mindset: adaptable, dependable and focused on high-quality outcomes
* Enjoy working collaboratively and supporting the development of others

Technical background
* Solid understanding of core IT fundamentals such as TCP/IP, networking, protocols and system interactions
* Experience designing or supporting complex IT, cloud, application or networked systems
* Ability to decompose large systems into logical, secure architectural components

Security and architecture
* Experience translating high-level functional or mission objectives into technical or security requirements
* Understanding of security controls, threat mitigation and architectural trade-offs
* Ability to justify why a control or design decision is needed — to both technical and non-technical audiences

Additional experience (beneficial, not essential)
* Previous exposure to security architecture, risk assessment or design assurance
* Experience mentoring junior engineers, architects…