We are looking for a Lead Security Architect to join our Insurance, Money & Services team. The role is responsible for shaping and governing our enterprise security architecture strategy and defining modern security architecture principles. The successful candidate will influence technology decisions across major programmes, embed secure-by-design thinking, and ensure that our solutions protect customers, colleagues, and critical services.
Requirements
- Define and maintain the enterprise security architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment to business strategy and regulatory requirements.
- Lead security assurance activities — design reviews, threat modelling, and control validation — ensuring solutions meet our security standards and risk appetite.
- Set security architecture principles and standards, driving adoption of industry frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and Zero Trust.
- Influence senior stakeholders, shaping technology strategy, investment decisions, and architectural direction across the organisation.
- Develop and lead the security architecture function, coaching architects and building capability across teams.
- Provide authoritative guidance on remediation of design gaps and non compliance, partnering with delivery teams to embed security early and prevent downstream issues.
Benefits
- Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
- Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service you and your family 365 days a year.
- Critical Illness Insurance.
- Performance related annual bonus.
- Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
- Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday. As an added perk, we’ll give you a second card to share with someone else.
- Benefit from our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8-week paid paternity leave.
- A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
- Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as your Earn share schemes.
