Cyber Security Architect in Glasgow

Bring your cyber security expertise to a role where your influence will shape how secure, resilient digital services are designed and delivered across SDS and its enterprise partners. As our Cyber Security Architect, you’ll work at the heart of major change, helping to ensure security is built in from the outset rather than added as an afterthought. You’ll partner with architects, technical teams, suppliers and business stakeholders to design secure solutions, challenge risk, strengthen standards and guide delivery with confidence. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact—protecting critical services, improving our overall security posture and enabling trusted, scalable technology that supports colleagues, customers and partners every day.

We’re looking for a collaborative and proactive cyber security professional who can bring clarity to complexity and make security an enabler, not a blocker. You’ll be someone who can assess risk, shape secure architecture, influence decisions and work collaboratively with technical and non‑technical colleagues alike. With strong knowledge of cyber security principles, secure design and governance, you’ll be comfortable challenging constructively, setting standards and helping teams deliver solutions that are secure, practical and fit for the future. Just as importantly, you’ll be motivated by making a real difference—protecting critical services and helping us build trust in the technology that supports our organisation every day.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is Scotland’s national skills agency, focused on driving productivity and inclusive economic growth by investing in skills and supporting people and businesses to reach their full potential. Through deep partnership working, expert insights and innovative solutions, SDS helps address Scotland’s skills and labour‑market challenges, ensuring employers can access the talent they need while individuals gain opportunities to develop and thrive. SDS is guided by strong organisational values, placing customers at the heart of everything it does and fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and respect.

This role can be located at any of our SDS locations, although occasional travel to Glasgow offices will be required. SDS are working to a hybrid working model, therefore the successful applicant is expected to work from both home and an SDS workplace on a regular basis. We’re happy to discuss this further with candidates at interview.

At SDS we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race. Therefore, while we want to know about your relevant skills and experience, please avoid disclosing any identifying characteristics.