Domain Architect Security

Overview

Because we strive to put people first. Culture, our way. Technology t’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way. Our technology team is actively shaping the next wave of advancements.

Engaged with innovative initiatives, your expertise will propel our business into the future. Collaborating with a creative team of tech enthusiasts, you’ll contribute your unique skills to fuel our technological advancements.

What You’llDoasDomain Architect Security

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Strategic & Architectural Leadership:
  Define the architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap for the domain, ensuring alignment with enterprise and business objectives.
• Solution Evaluation & Domain Modernisation:
  Assess strategic solution options, drive domain health through lifecycle planning, simplification, and reuse across platforms.
• Governance & Design Assurance:
  Chair domain-level design forums, provide oversight on high-level designs, and enforce compliance with enterprise principles and standards.
• Delivery &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner with product, platform, and programme managers to shape demand and priorities; lead ideation, vendor selection, and implementation planning.
• Mentorship & Knowledge Management:
  Guide Solution Architects and Engineers, maintain accurate domain landscape, and ensure critical design knowledge is retained and shared.
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement:
  Lead horizon scanning, multi-year planning, and contribute to practice development through collaboration and knowledge sharing.

What You’llGet

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best. Let’s talk lifestyle:

Let’s talk lifestyle:
Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Security Architecture Expertise:
  Deep knowledge of enterprise and security architecture principles, frameworks (TOGAF, SABSA, OSA), and best practices, with broad technical awareness across IAM, network, cloud, data protection, and threat management.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication:
  Ability to translate complex security concepts into clear, actionable language for diverse audiences and influence senior leaders.
• Collaboration & Leadership:
  Strong facilitation skills to build alignment across business, product, and technology teams; proven architectural leadership in large-scale programmes.
• Strategic Thinking &
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Skilled in analytical planning, organisational capability, and risk-based decision-making to embed security by design.
• Technical Specialisations:
  Expertise in areas such as cloud security (Azure, AWS/GCP), network segmentation, DLP and encryption, SIEM/SOC integration, Identity and Access Management, and incident response patterns.
• Experience &
  
  Qualifications:
  
  10+ years designing enterprise-scale security solutions, 12+ years in technology with security governance exposure, and certifications like CISSP, CISM, ISSAP; familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls, GDPR, PCI DSS, and secure development life cycles.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over…