At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape enterprise security strategies and align them with IT and business goals.
- Company: Join Aviva, a leader in innovative security solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous pension scheme, and 29 days holiday.
- Other info: Flexible benefits, supportive policies, and opportunities for community involvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on security architecture and drive innovation.
- Qualifications: Experience in strategic vision, architectural leadership, and critical thinking.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Locations: Bristol, Norwich & York
Salary: Circa £85k
A bit about the job
Do you thrive on devising enterprise-wide security strategies? This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our enterprise security landscape. If you are passionate about aligning security architecture with IT & business goals as well as driving innovation, this role is for you.
As an Enterprise Security Architect, you will be in a leadership position, responsible for defining and maintaining aspects of the enterprise security architecture, including a domain and collections of capabilities. You will work closely with senior leaders and stakeholders across the Cyber Security teams and the Business to ensure security is embedded in our operations, solutions, and services.
Your role will involve setting architectural standards, collaborating, and guiding SMEs and Solution Architects, and ensuring we have the solutions in our kit bag to deliver compliance with our security controls, policies, and Aviva's desired posture.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
- Strategic Vision & Architectural Leadership: Ability to align cyber security requirements, solutions, processes, and services with Aviva’s strategic goals. As well as creating high level architectures using frameworks, principles, standards, controls, threats and risks. Experience in building roadmaps and modelling future-state architectures including the articulation of the steps and transition states to get there.
- Portfolio Influence / Delivery Enablement: Comfortable navigating complex interdependencies across projects and domains. Strong technical domain knowledge and experience to shape and support agile and iterative delivery. Able to develop and present governance papers for strategic security change activity, driven and sponsored by a Cyber Security Leadership Team member.
- Critical Thinking: Adept at solving problems in ambiguous environments and challenging conventional thinking. External perspective of threats, security trends and insights to inform strategic planning.
- Influence and Communication: Skilled communicator and storyteller, able to engage and influence senior stakeholders internally and externally. Active in engaging with vendors and partners to get the most value out of them. Politically savvy and confident in facilitating discussions and managing communications.
What you'll get for this role
- Starting salary circa £85k (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
- Bonus opportunity 12% – actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's
- Generous pension scheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14% in.
- 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
- Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
- Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
- Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
- Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
- Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
- Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
- We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools
Enterprise Security Architect in Bristol employer: Aviva
Aviva is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee growth and well-being, offering a competitive salary of circa £85k along with a generous benefits package including a 12% bonus opportunity and a robust pension scheme. With a strong focus on innovation and collaboration, employees are encouraged to thrive in a supportive work culture that values strategic thinking and influence, while also providing opportunities for meaningful community engagement through paid volunteering days.
