Security Architect

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential enterprise technology consultancy engaged in a major UK programme definition phase. Our talent team is seeking a contract Security Architect to deliver a focused security review of a proposed integration approach over an 8 to 10 week period. You will contribute approximately 5 days of effort, working remotely with limited planned travel, alongside senior enterprise and integration architects.

This is a short-term, high-impact engagement with clear deliverables and direct access to senior technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Review current security controls affecting integrations, enterprise applications and external connections
• Define security requirements for APIs, messaging, file transfer and service accounts
• Set identity, access, authentication, authorisation and privileged access requirements
• Define encryption, key and secret management requirements
• Define logging, monitoring, alerting and audit requirements
• Review network boundaries and data flows for security risks
• Identify controls required before connections can go live
• Provide security questions and scoring criteria for platform and supplier selection
• Rank security risks and recommend practical treatment
• Produce a concise security architecture review and requirements set

What We're Looking For

• At least 8 years of security architecture experience
• Strong recent experience designing security for APIs and enterprise integrations
• Strong knowledge of identity and access, service accounts, secrets, encryption, API gateways, network separation, logging and monitoring
• Experience working across legacy systems and modern integration platforms
• Able to run threat modelling and turn risks into clear technical requirements
• Able to explain security decisions clearly to non-technical leaders
• Clear written and spoken English
• Based in the United Kingdom with the right to work in the United Kingdom
• Available for approximately 5 days across an 8 to 10 week period

Useful experience: ERP estates, manufacturing or supply chain environments, NCSC guidance or ISO 27001 settings.

How We Work With You

Candidates apply through Get A Job.ai. Our recruiting team will conduct an initial screening, followed by a short introductory call and one focused technical discussion. We move quickly and keep the process transparent. Once selected, we submit you to our client for final approval. Please do not contact the client directly.

The engagement will be subject to contract, reference checks and an IR35 status assessment. Pre-agreed travel expenses are paid separately. There is potential for follow-on security assurance work, subject to programme approval and performance.

Pay

Pay information was not provided for this role. Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process.

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