Role: Domain Security Architect
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.
Package: Starting from £50,60p.a (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role:
The Domain Security Architect is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining secure IT systems and networks. This role ensures that security is embedded across the assigned business domain and aligns with both business objectives and national security expectations. The architect will contribute to the design of IT services aligned to the AWE security roadmaps, design patterns, and reference architectures that protect both IT and OT environments from global threats.
Key Accountabilities:
- Security Requirements: Understand business objectives, user needs, and security obligations.
- Policies and Standards: Ensure IT service designs adhere to the enterprise security roadmaps and reference architectures.
- Technical Risk Oversight: Analyse cyber risks and support security testing in collaboration with Information Assurance.
- Capability Development: Research and deliver new artefacts to enhance the IT Architecture function.
- Performance and Inclusion: Promote high team performance and a diverse, inclusive environment.
- Health, Safety, Security and Quality: Uphold high standards in safety, health, and security.
Essential Criteria:
- Degree and equivalent experience in IT, Engineering, or Architecture
- Demonstrated experience in architecture or technical design roles
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams and navigating governance processes
- Track record of developing secure, scalable, and standards-aligned solutions
- Ability to translate business requirements into high-quality technical solutions
- Understanding of architecture domains including application, data, infrastructure, and security
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Proficient in producing architecture artefacts using modelling tool
- Willing to undertake overseas travel.
Work hard, be rewarded:
We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:
- 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
- Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
- Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
- Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance for this role.
