We are seeking highly experienced
Senior Systems Security Architects
to support a high-demand delivery environment by embedding
security-by-design principles
across enterprise initiatives.

This role will provide
independent, senior-level cyber security architecture expertise
, ensuring that all IT, network, digital, cloud, and AI solutions are aligned to the organisation’s
Information Security Strategy
.

You will operate across
agile and waterfall delivery environments
, engaging stakeholders across business and technology to ensure
consistent, risk-based security architecture and implementation
.

Key Responsibilities

1. Security Architecture & Design

• 
  Define and develop
  security capability reference architectures
  aligned to TOGAF and SABSA
• 
  Produce and review architecture artefacts:
  • 
    Contextual, conceptual, logical, and physical designs
  • 
    Deployment and integration models
• 
  Embed security requirements into solution designs for governance forums (e.g., AWC)
• 
  Drive
  security-by-design
  across IT, Network, Cloud, Digital, and AI initiatives

2. Architecture Reviews & Governance

• 
  Conduct
  reference and solution architecture reviews
• 
  Ensure alignment with enterprise security standards
• 
  Review design changes and perform
  security impact assessments
• 
  Participate in architecture governance and approval forums

3. Technical Security Standards

• 
  Develop and enhance
  technical security standards and baselines
  :
  • 
    System and platform lockdown profiles
  • 
    Configuration baselines aligned to CIS and NIST
• 
  Support delivery of:
  • 
    Lockdown scripts
  • 
    Vulnerability scan profiles
  • 
    Implementation and rollout documentation
  • 
    Architecture presentations

4. Security Capability Enablement

• 
  Support
  end-to-end engineering of security capabilities
• 
  Define security operating models and processes
• 
  Provide architecture guidance during implementations
• 
  Enable adoption of new security capabilities across teams

5. Key Initiatives Exposure

• 
  API Security
• 
  Cloud Centre of Excellence (multi-cloud, non-Microsoft included)
• 
  AI Security and AI-for-Security use cases
• 
  Security dashboards and reporting platforms
• 
  SOC, Threat Intelligence, and Meta-SOC platforms
• 
  Continuous Threat & Exposure Management (CTEM)
• 
  Enterprise and domain architecture submissions

Requirements

Core Experience

• 
  8–12+ years in
  Information Security
• 
  5+ years in a
  Senior Security Architecture role
• 
  Proven experience in
  large, complex enterprise environments
• 
  Experience in telecoms or regulated industries (advantageous)

Architecture & Frameworks

• 
  Strong hands-on experience with:
  • 
    TOGAF
  • 
    SABSA
• 
  Ability to develop
  multi-layered architecture models
  (business, application, technology, security)

Security Expertise

• 
  Enterprise Security Architecture
• 
  Cloud Security (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• 
  API Security
• 
  Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• 
  Network & Infrastructure Security
• 
  SOC, SIEM, and Threat Intelligence
• 
  Vulnerability & Exposure Management
• 
  AI Security (preferred)

Standards & Best Practices

• 
  CIS Benchmarks
• 
  NIST Frameworks
• 
  Zero Trust Architecture
• 
  Ability to translate frameworks into
  practical controls and implementations

Stakeholder & Delivery Capability

• 
  Strong stakeholder engagement and advisory skills
• 
  Experience in
  architecture governance forums
• 
  Ability to work across
  agile and waterfall teams
• 
  Excellent documentation and presentation skills

Preferred Certifications

• 
  TOGAF Certified / Practitioner
• 
  SABSA Foundation / Practitioner
• 
  CISSP, CCSP, or CISM