Overview
Lead Technical Recruiter - Architecture, Delivery and Product – Join the Home Office as a Lead Security Architect and steer the secure-by-design delivery of critical systems that protect citizens and national interests. Working with the Principal Security Architect, you will own security architecture for a major portfolio, translate business goals and threat intelligence into practical controls, and mentor SEO level architects to raise capability across multiple programmes. You will engage senior stakeholders, balance risk against usability and cost, and shape patterns that let teams adopt cloud, DevSecOps, IoT and zero-trust approaches safely. This role offers the chance to make a tangible impact on services millions rely on every day.
As a Lead Security Architect, you will directly secure architecture across a portfolio worth hundreds of millions of pounds. You will ensure every new or changed service conforms to Home Office and NCSC standards while enabling rapid, user-centred delivery. You will analyse emerging threats, advise on proportional mitigations, and produce or tailor reference patterns covering identity, network segmentation, container security, data protection, and monitoring. By modelling risks with frameworks such as ISO 27005, NIST, or STRIDE, you will rationalise design choices to technical and non-technical audiences and document them for reuse. You will champion “secure by default” in agile pipelines embedding IaC scanning, SAST/DAST, SBOM and cloud native guardrails so security becomes a quality attribute owned by delivery teams. Through communities of practice and one-to-one coaching, you will nurture architects and engineers, acting as escalation point for complex design decisions. Finally, you will cultivate relationships with external suppliers, government peers and industry forums to import good practice and influence future standards, ensuring Home Office services remain resilient, cost-effective and compliant.
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What you will do
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