Security Architect

Job Description

Are you a Security Architect who specialises in Microsoft Azure with experience of Secure By Design & threat modelling? If so, come and join EDF as a Security Architect!

The Opportunity

As a Security Architect you’ll take responsibility for supporting the design and delivery of secure solutions across a range of IT and business initiatives. You will work closely with a team of experienced security architects and technical specialists, engaging across technology teams and business unites to define and embed effective security practices, processes and controls into projects and change delivery.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a salary of circa £75,000 (depending on experience) and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.

We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you’ll be doing

As the subject matter expert in cloud security, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Azure, you will ensure that security considerations are incorporated into cloud platform and service design. You’ll help shape security patterns and contribute to strategic cloud initiatives across the organisation.

You’ll identify risks and recommend security controls aligned to organisational policies and architecture standards, deliver security input into projects and technical change, ensuring that security is embedded from the outset, and you’ll develop artefacts such a security designs, threat models and risk assessments to support solution delivery.

The Security Architect will produce clear and concise documentation, maintaining alignment to internal governance processes and you’ll take accountability for the accuracy and relevance of your security designs and advice.

You will take responsibility in engaging and influencing stakeholders across the business and technical domains to ensure Secure by Design principles are upheld. You’ll ensure the security input into designs supports the delivery of secure, resilient, and compliant services while aligning with project timelines and budgets.

Who you are

You will have strong technical knowledge of cloud security controls and experience contributing to cloud transformation programmes, particularly with Microsoft Azure, including cloud-native services, identity architecture and platform-level controls.

You’ll have proven experience of delivering security architecture or security design across a variety of IT projects, ideally within large, complex, or regulated environments such as critical infrastructure, defence, government, or large-scale enterprise.

You will demonstrate excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex security topics into actionable insights for stakeholders at all levels. You’ll bring a pragmatic mindset to problem-solving, balancing ideal security outcomes with business priorities.

We’re looking for someone with hands-on experience in risk assessment, threat modelling, security control selection, and integrating Secure by Design principles into technical delivery. You’ll also have experience working within Agile and DevSecOps environments, including CI/CD pipeline security and secure coding awareness.

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date for applications: 18th May 2025

Location: Gloucester/London

Additional Information

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