Senior Security Architect

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Senior Security Architect for a 12-month (Inside IR35) contract. Hybrid working with 2-3 days per week required in Newcastle or Leeds.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. We operate on a scale that is almost unmatched in Europe, and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will help us drive our priorities to:

1. Help people move into work and support those already in work to progress, increasing overall workforce participation
2. Assist people in planning and saving for later life, while providing a safety net for those in need now
3. Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to claimants, including the most vulnerable in society
4. Improve service experiences while maximizing value for money for the taxpayer
5. Interact with senior stakeholders across departments
6. Reach and influence a wide range of people across larger teams and communities
7. Research and apply innovative security architecture solutions to new or existing problems, justifying and communicating design decisions
8. Develop vision, principles, and strategy for security architecture for specific projects or technologies
9. Assess subtle security needs
10. Understand the impact of decisions, balancing requirements, and choosing between approaches
11. Produce particular patterns and support quality assurance
12. Serve as the point of escalation for lower-grade architects
13. Lead the technical design of systems and services
14. Possess active SC Clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo checks (preference may be given to candidates with active security clearance due to the urgent nature of the role)
15. Demonstrate security architecture experience
16. Experience working with complex, large-scale microservice infrastructure
17. AWS cloud experience
18. Experience working with database applications such as MongoDB and PostgreSQL
19. Experience working with systems that encrypt data

Please note that this role can only be worked within the UK and not overseas.

Disability Confident

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates with a disability who meet all essential criteria. We also guarantee to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all criteria. In exceptional circumstances, we may require holding active security clearance during shortlisting.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge that this falls within the scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Payment rates will reflect the gross rate per day, subject to taxes and statutory costs, and may differ accordingly.