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Senior Security & Compliance Architect Working on offer

eTech Partners
London, United Kingdom
6 days ago
£140,000 pa

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£140,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
28 May 2026 (6 days ago)

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Senior Security & Compliance Architect

London / Hybrid (1–2 days onsite per week)

Salary: Up to £140,000 + Package

We are seeking a Senior Security & Compliance Architect to lead the design, governance, and assurance of secure cloud and SaaS platforms across large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.

This is a hands-on architecture role working across security, solution architecture, data, legal, procurement, and programme leadership teams to deliver secure-by-design solutions within complex, distributed enterprise environments.

The successful candidate will help define and enforce security-by-design and privacy-by-default principles across a diverse SaaS and cloud ecosystem including Microsoft 365, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and other enterprise collaboration platforms.

  • Experience working in regulated environments (e.g. financial services, government or similar is essential.
  • Security clearance or eligibility for clearance is essential

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain SaaS-first security reference architectures covering identity, integrations, data protection, and monitoring
  • Drive security-by-design and privacy-by-default across enterprise digital and transformation initiatives
  • Establish and enforce Zero Trust security baselines across Microsoft 365, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and key SaaS platforms
  • Design and implement data protection controls including classification, DLP, encryption, retention, and access policies
  • Interpret and implement compliance requirements including GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and client security obligations
  • Lead SaaS/vendor security assurance, including risk assessments, architecture reviews, and due diligence
  • Support incident response, resilience, backup, and disaster recovery architecture patterns and standards
  • Collaborate with Legal, Procurement, and Commercial teams to ensure governance and contractual controls are embedded
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, leading security architecture reviews and risk-based decision making

Required Experience

  • Experience as an end-to-end Security or Solution Architect within large-scale enterprise transformation programmes
  • Strong knowledge of enterprise application landscapes in complex organisations
  • Deep expertise in security architecture across applications, data, infrastructure, and cloud
  • Strong Identity & Access Management (IAM) experience
  • Proven experience with Microsoft security technologies (Azure, Entra ID, Conditional Access, PIM, Defender, Microsoft 365 security stack)
  • Strong understanding of security governance, risk, and compliance frameworks including NIST and FAIR
  • Experience delivering security architecture within multi-year transformation programmes
  • Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills

If you're looking to join a forward-thinking organisation and make a meaningful impact, please send your CV for consideration.

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