Principal Security Architect

As a Principal Security Architect you will be guiding highly strategic conversations about our security strategy. This includes the overall structure of how we should be implementing our security posture, collaborating with other groups to implement a security vision, and generally ensuring that what we do meets best practices while balancing the needs of the business. Additionally this is a technical leadership position so you will be responsible for guidance/mentoring/focus of others in the security group and ensuring they are also providing best practices. 

You will be responsible for working directly with the Head of Security on roadmaps, plans, vision, etc… in order to help align business processes/needs with security reality

What will I be doing?

• Review Architectural Decisions and develop threat modeling standards
• Mentoring and guiding security team members
• Helping to define overall security posture
• Working with key cross-group stakeholders to deliver initiatives
• Collaborating with the Head of Security on roadmap, vision, etc…
• Help define threat landscape/security monitoring
• Consult on major decisions in the security team
• Contribute to secure design and ensuring they meet our standard
• Conduct regular risk assessments on various parts of the business
• Help drive major incident response by adding future controls, policies, etc… to ensure it doesn’t happen again
• Evaluate and recommend new security tools and technologies to enhance the organization's security posture

As well as being a part of something exciting everyday, you will also receive the following benefits:

• Annual salary of £75,000 - £100,000 dependent on experience
• Annual bonus scheme (depending on company & individual performance)
• 25 days holiday each year (+ bank holidays + 1 day after each year of service with up to a max. of 30 days)
• Workplace pension scheme
• Private medical insurance (upon 30 days of employment)
• A flexible remote/hybrid working arrangement
• Great work-life balance with our Flexi-time policy
• Family Friendly policies (Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay and Shared Parental Leave).
• A strong commitment to employee wellbeing including mental health first aiders, Lifeworks, an Employee Assistance Programme which offers wellbeing, family and financial support services, such as assessments, resources and even 1:1 counseling sessions. It also offers interesting perks such as discounts on gyms, restaurants, high street retailers and cinema tickets.
• Employee referral programme with generous financial reward

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