Role: Security Architect

Location: Newport (Hybrid)

Salary: Up to £53k

28.9% Pension

The Opportunity

Yolk Recruitment are excited to be working with an innovation-driven civil service organisation as they journey through an incredible digital transformation whilst prioritising forward thinking and excellent digital practices. Alongside this, they pride themselves on being a Stonewall Diversity Champion, which means they are part of Britain's leading best-practice employers' forum for sexual orientation and gender identity equality, diversity and inclusion.

The Security Architect plays a key role in ensuring compliance with recognised security standards (e.g. ISO 27001, PCI DSS, Secure by Design, GovAssure). The role is central to embedding security architecture principles across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid platforms, providing expert guidance to technical teams and influencing decisions that safeguard data, services, and infrastructure.

This position champions Secure by Design principles and supports assurance processes in line with national frameworks. It requires balancing strong security controls with enabling business outcomes, while fostering awareness and adoption of best practice security standards across the organisation.

Main Responsibilities

Ensure security architecture aligns with government and industry standards, legal frameworks, and best practices.
Promote and embed Secure by Design principles across digital and technology teams.
Manage the compliance roadmap, ensuring activities align with strategy and audit recommendations.
Stay current with legislation, frameworks, and emerging security initiatives to inform decision-making and staff awareness.
Recommend proportionate security controls and solutions that support business objectives.
Provide expert guidance across system and infrastructure design, implementation, and operation.
Advise stakeholders on risks, solutions, and approaches, tailoring communication for technical and non-technical audiences.
Support compliance processes such as evidence gathering and submissions to external bodies.
Contribute to incident response where architectural issues are identified.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen knowledge and outcomes.

Essential Skills & Experience

Broad technical knowledge across cloud and hybrid technologies.
Strong understanding of governance, compliance, risk, and the CIA triad.
Knowledge of security protocols, networking, identity management, authentication, authorisation, and cryptography.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt to varied audiences.
Confident in evaluating options, making decisions, and prioritising effectively.
Collaborative, proactive, and motivated to keep pace with evolving security threats and technologies.

Think this one's for you

If you think this Security Architect opportunity is for you then please apply online.

Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.