Enterprise Security Architect - AI Specialist in Leeds

Our Enterprise Security Architects play a pivotal role in ensuring the secure and successful delivery of products and services across the organisation, while continually enhancing evoke's overall security posture. Operating within a fast-paced and evolving change environment, you will act as a trusted security design authority, providing expert consultancy, guidance, and technical direction to projects and business stakeholders. Drawing on your experience in Information Security, you will ensure solutions align with statutory requirements, industry regulations, and security best practices.

This specialist position focuses on the secure development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence platforms, products, and services, embedding security, compliance, and governance at every stage. Working closely with architects and engineers, you will support the delivery of innovative AI-enabled solutions while taking ownership of the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of AI security controls, frameworks, and protective layers.

Success in this role requires a strong foundation in information security, broad knowledge across multiple security disciplines, and experience in solution architecture, systems design, and integration. A particular emphasis will be placed on AI technologies, enablement, and secure adoption. You'll bring expertise in AI governance frameworks, relevant legislation and regulations, and industry-leading practices. You'll also have a solid understanding of AI methodologies and domains, with proven experience embedding effective security governance, controls, and guardrails that enable innovation while managing threats.

What you will be doing:

• Technical Delivery with development of security requirements sets, blueprints and patterns based on new technologies across the organisation
• Managing workloads and product delivery using Agile methods including working with Initiatives, Epics, User Stories and Tasks
• Working collaboratively with other Enterprise Security Architects to propose and develop technical solutions to meet Product Owner demand and to break this work down into value slices for prioritisation
• Assessing new technology options across the organisation to develop proof of concept and proof of value implementations whilst working closely with architects and engineers to assess the security needs and requirements of solutions and technical services
• Collaborating with architects, Product Owners and Heads of Product to assess and approve security requirements and controls across multiple technology domains and developing architectural models and artefacts using modelling software through collaborative sessions and working within custom meta-models
• Using your extensive knowledge of existing Artificial Intelligence approaches, tools and services (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and other commercial services), you'll be designing and implementing different AI approaches to specific tasks, requirements or problems
• Using your previous experience in frameworks and standards such as NIST 800, ISO 27001, ISF SOGP, PCI-DSS, EUGDPR.

Who we are looking for:

We are committed to responsible gambling, and we are looking for people who can support our ethos. To apply to this post, you will have:

• Experience of Enterprise Security Architecture, hands-on technical information security and designing and implementing security solutions
• Usage of modelling tools such as SparxEA and Archi with understanding of technical security architectural principles and technologies
• A sound understanding of how to model threats as well as the controls necessary to reduce or mitigate them using both process and technology with an understanding of how business strategy, regulation and technical constraints influence organisational responses to cyber security
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills. Able to communicate and promote Information Security at all levels (both technical and non-technical stakeholders) with experience of both agile and waterfall focused environments.

Security Certifications such as SABSA, CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CEH are an advantage.

What we offer:

Our roles offer more than just a job, you’ll become part of the evoke family! We have created an environment where our people can thrive. Check out some of the fantastic benefits on offer:

• Family Support Industry-leading maternity and paternity leave and paid time off if you have caring responsibilities.
• Perks and discounts- Discounts at a range of high-street retailers
• Financial compensation, pension, and bonus schemes.
• Health & wellbeing Tools and services to help support your well-being, including support with mental health and financial education. You will also have access to gym discounts and our cycle to work scheme.
• Hybrid working Our employees can work from home up 4 days with 1 day office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up!

More about evoke:

We’re a business that embraces change and progress. The power behind big name brands William Hill, 888 and Mr Green, evoke is the new name for 888 Holdings. Marking a new sense of purpose, direction and ambition for the business, there couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us as we accelerate our journey to bring even greater delight to our customers with world-class betting and gaming experiences. That’s the future. That’s evoke.

At evoke, you’ll benefit from flexibility and a culture built on trust. We’ll give you the space to be yourself and the tools you need to protect our customers while they play. We’ll invest in your future to help you develop your unique strengths and build a career that’s right for you.

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At evoke, we prioritise diversity, equity, and inclusion for the benefit of our company, employees, and communities. We foster a welcoming and safe workplace that values all forms of diversity and provides opportunities for growth.

Sound good? Then you belong at our place! The first step in the recruitment process is kickstarting your application, followed by an initial screening call and an interview stage. Apply today to kickstart your application with the evoke Family!