At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape enterprise security architecture and drive secure innovation across digital transformation projects.
- Company: Leading organisation investing in cyber security and digital capabilities.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, performance bonus, enhanced pension, private medical insurance, and generous leave.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for continuous improvement and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on security architecture while enabling innovation and transformation.
- Qualifications: Experience in security architecture, cloud security design, and technical risk assessment.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Ready to shape the security architecture behind a major digital transformation programme? Security architecture is no longer just about protecting technology. It's about enabling organisations to innovate, scale and transform with confidence.
We're working with a leading organisation investing heavily in its cyber security, cloud and digital capabilities, and they're looking for an experienced Principal Security Architect & Engineering Lead to define the future of enterprise security across a complex technology estate.
Reporting into the senior security leadership team, you'll play a strategic role in shaping security architecture, driving secure-by-design principles, influencing technology decisions, and ensuring security remains embedded throughout the entire technology lifecycle. This is an exceptional opportunity for a security leader who combines enterprise-level thinking with deep technical expertise and a passion for driving meaningful change.
What You'll Be Doing
- Define and evolve enterprise-wide security architecture strategies
- Establish security principles, standards, frameworks and controls across cloud, on-premise and third-party environments
- Provide technical governance and security oversight for major transformation initiatives
- Ensure security requirements are built into solutions from the earliest design stages
- Champion secure-by-design methodologies across development and delivery teams
- Drive the adoption of modern DevSecOps practices within CI/CD pipelines
- Lead technical security risk assessments and design assurance activities
- Collaborate with infrastructure, engineering and architecture teams to implement robust security capabilities
- Support the secure integration of cloud platforms, SaaS solutions and third-party services
- Contribute to cyber incident response and resilience strategies through effective security architecture
What We're Looking For
We're keen to speak with experienced Security Architects and Security Engineering leaders who can demonstrate:
- Enterprise Security Architecture
- Cloud Security Design
- Security Governance & Assurance
- Security Engineering Leadership
- Technical Risk Assessment
- Security Framework Development
- DevSecOps & Secure Software Delivery
Technical Expertise In
- Microsoft Security Technologies
- AWS Security
- SaaS & IaaS Platforms
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- Security Operations & SIEM
- Vulnerability Management
- Network Security
- Infrastructure as Code
- Security Automation
- CI/CD Security Controls
Personal Attributes
You will be:
- A strategic thinker with strong technical credibility
- Comfortable influencing senior stakeholders
- An advocate for secure innovation
- A collaborative leader capable of driving change through influence
- Passionate about engineering excellence and continuous improvement
- Able to communicate complex security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences alike
What's In It For You?
Package Includes 15% performance-related bonus, enhanced pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance, 27 days annual leave plus.
Principal Security Architect & Engineering Lead in London employer: Coba IT Consultants
Coba IT Consultants is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work culture that prioritises innovation and collaboration. With a focus on employee growth, you will have the opportunity to work on high-impact security-focused programs while being supported in your professional development. Located in Northampton or Knutsford, you will enjoy a vibrant community atmosphere that fosters teamwork and continuous improvement.
