Role: Cyber Security Architect
Location: Hybrid, based from one of our offices in Derby, Manchester or Warrington
Salary: we anticipate paying a salary in the £66, £86,940.00
Our mission is to deliver clean, affordable energy for all. Our Small Modular Reactor (SMR) provides a British solution to a global energy challenge, positioning us to become a world leader in SMRs and one of the UK's premier green export technologies.
Our Digital & IT function is central to enabling a secure, scalable, and innovative technology landscape that supports the growth of our SMR programme. We're building modern capabilities, strengthening our Cyber Security foundations, and shaping an enterprise-wide architecture that enables a safe, connected, and resilient organisation.
In this context, we're looking for a Cyber Security Architect to support our CISO and drive the design, governance, and development of secure technology solutions across our Cyber Security delivery domain. This is a pivotal technical leadership role that shapes concepts, drives technology direction, and ensures our solutions are secure, integrated, and aligned to enterprise strategy.
We'll need you to:
* Lead early-stage Cyber Security concept architecture, including shaping requirements and guiding technology selection.
* Act as design authority across the domain, ensuring alignment to enterprise architecture, integration principles and Cyber Security policies.
* Drive architectural consistency by maintaining reference architectures, standards, patterns and governance across multiple projects.
* Collaborate with stakeholders, solution architects and delivery teams to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and strategically aligned.
As you can see, this is a high-impact role where you'll bring a collaborative mindset, architectural leadership and first-class communication skills, as well as:
Essential skills
* Extensive experience delivering Cyber Security architecture across complex, multi-system environments, with strong understanding of integration patterns and enterprise architecture frameworks.
* Experience with Azure/AWS essential.
* We'll ask you about your experience shaping early-stage solutions, managing architectural governance and influencing technology strategy.
* Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, security standards, architectural governance, and Cyber Security design principles. Experience mentoring technical teams is also valuable.
* Beneficial qualifications include TOGAF, BCS Enterprise/Solutions Architecture and Cyber Security certifications such as CISSP.
What's in it for you
You'll be joining a growing organisation that values innovation, transparency, and technical leadership—with opportunities to shape the Cyber Security landscape of a national-scale engineering programme.
We anticipate a salary of £66, £86,940.00 dependent on the skills, values, and knowledge you bring.
We also offer excellent benefits including:
* Bonus - Performance related bonus of up to 12.5%
* Benefits Allowance - £2200, enabling you to create a bespoke package
* Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
* Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days
* Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care
* Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay
* £250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases
Why Join Us?
You'll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer:
• A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
• Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
• A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.
Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch – we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.
Our Application Process
Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:
• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check
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