Cyber Architect in Slough

Join Police Digital Service as a Cyber Architect. Salary starting at £76,000 pa.

About Police Digital Service

To protect people from harm in our rapidly changing world, police services must not only keep up with technology and business changes but develop capabilities and ways of working that will enable them to adapt to and deal with the complexity of modern criminality. Police Digital Service strives to be the go-to partner for technology developments and programmes across UK policing. Our team provides technical advice and delivers services to help policing and law enforcement organisations across the UK prioritise and focus on technology efforts. Our vision is to support UK policing to keep people safe, get more from technology investments and make better use of public money, and we are always on the lookout for great talent to help us achieve this.

Our Values are:

• We value People
• We do the right thing
• We are innovative
• We are one Team
• We are proud and passionate

Why Join us?

• Balance is important and we want you to take time off to recharge - we offer 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. Holiday Purchase also available.
• Flexible working hours - We trust you to do your job and we appreciate that life doesn’t always fit around a 9 to 5 workday. We operate core hours of 10 to 4, Monday to Friday (37hr week).
• Family - Enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with a flexible return to work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support policing implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Policy-as-Code and automated security validation.
• Design and implement security configuration baselines across the PDS cloud estate.
• Develop and maintain automated deployment scripts and policy frameworks to ensure consistent configuration and compliance across cloud environments.
• Implement policy-as-code approaches using policy tools, scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python) and domain-specific languages (ARM, Bicep or Terraform) to enforce security standards.
• Build and maintain secure platform images and configuration templates for cloud workloads.
• Create automated baseline configurations for identity management, data governance, and security services across cloud platforms.
• Develop DevSecOps tooling and scripts to allow engineering teams to deploy secure configurations consistently.
• Produce reusable security modules, scripts and automation pipelines to embed security controls into platform builds.
• Support implementation of continuous compliance and automated security validation within CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrate a keen interest in continuous improvement, optimisation, AI and process automation.

What you need to succeed in the role:

• Experience implementing security baselines and configuration standards across Microsoft cloud services.
• Strong scripting and automation experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, or similar tools.
• Experience implementing cloud policy, policy-as-code, or configuration-as-code frameworks.
• Experience building secure golden images, templates or infrastructure baselines.
• Experience automating configuration and compliance for services such as: Microsoft Entra ID (Identity & Access Management), Microsoft Purview (Data governance & compliance), Microsoft Defender security services.
• Experience with other cloud platforms such as AWS is also accepted.
• Experience working with domain-specific languages such as ARM, Bicep, or Terraform.
• Understanding of DevSecOps practices and secure platform engineering.
• Interest in continuous learning and contributing to team strategy.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to equal opportunities for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. All applicants will be considered without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, nationality, neurodiversity or disability status.

Working Arrangements

We are a remote-first organisation, with occasional national travel for key meetings. We know that flexibility matters - whether that’s part-time hours, compressed schedules, or job sharing - and we’re happy to explore what works best for you.

We understand that many talented individuals, especially women, may hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. If this role excites you and you believe you could make a difference, we warmly encourage you to apply - even if you’re not sure you tick every box. If you have any questions or would like to discuss how the role could work for you, please reach out to us. We’re here to support you.

All applicants must be eligible to undergo NPPV3 (Non Police Personnel Vetting Level 3) and SC vetting clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 to have been cleared before starting with PDS.

Please note, we may choose to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications for this role so please endeavour to complete your application as soon as possible.