Army Security Architect Cloud, Digital&Enterprise Architecture, Warminster BA12 0DJ

Job summary

The Land Warfare Centre (LWC) is at the forefront of Army training transformation, shaping how the British Army adapts and develops for the future. This post is in the LWC Business Centre, which is responsible for ensuring that a holistic approach is taken to LWCs business through the strategic oversight, governance, effective delivery and performance management of LWCs portfolio of programmes, projects and business outputs. The Business Centre supports the LWC Headquarters and Army training schools in ensuring that military training is delivered as effectively as possible.

The Security Architect plays a vital role in embedding Secure by Design principles across the technology lifecycle. Working closely with the Assistant Head Digital, and the wider data, digital and Army Collective Training Service (ACTS) teams, the architect ensures that cyber security activities align with LWCs strategic goals, risk management framework, and evolving security roadmap.

We are looking for a Security Architect to provide expert guidance across on premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring informed decisions on proportionate security controls. You will champion the use of common tools and patterns to deliver secure, effective systems and safeguard MOD data, services, and infrastructure. This role requires a strategic mindset, deep technical expertise, and the ability to influence and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams. You will shape robust security solutions, drive assurance activity, and help position security as a strategic enabler across Defence.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

A Security Architect creates and designs security for a system or service, maintains security documentation and develops architecture patterns and security approaches to new technologies.

The role provides strategic digital, security and enterprise architecture leadership across the LWC, supporting the Land Training System governance and Secure by Designactivity while leading risk and issue management and driving architectural vision, roadmaps and digital optimisation. It guides technology, data and business decision making to ensure coherence and value for money, and supports the delivery, integration and assurance of cloud services through sustained engagement with Army, Defence Digital and wider MOD stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• Cloud Supporting Service
  • Liaise with stakeholders to deliver the Cloud Supporting Service.
  • Support the Design Authority through configuration and system control.
  • Drive integrated working with Army, Defence Digital and contractors.
  • Assess solution risk and define controls and mitigations.
  • Sponsor continuous integration and deployment of application solutions within a Development Security Operations environment.
  • Sponsor, assess and assure connections, firewalls, cross domain solutions and network monitoring.
  • Oversee incidents, business continuity and recovery processes.
  • Conduct AI ethics reviews.
  • Maintain engagement with Defence Digital.
• LTS Governance&Secure by Design
  • Actively participate in LTS governance boards and working groups.
  • Collaborate with Design Boards to cohere change.
  • Provide Secure by Design and cyber risk expertise.
• Governance, Assurance&Risk Management
  • Lead Risk and Issue Management across the Digital Team.
  • Coordinate with the Secure by Design Risk Lead.
• Digital Transformation&Information Exploitation
  • Own enterprise architecture vision, strategy and roadmaps.
  • Understand current architecture and support optimisation.
  • Inform the design of the future digital landscape using a cross domain view.
• Enterprise Architecture&Strategic Decision Support
  • Guide business, technology and data decisions for value and sustainability.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure decisions align with enterprise architecture strategy.
  • Conduct horizon scanning for emerging trends and their impacts and opportunities.

Person specification

Essential skills&Experience required:

• Experience of a strategic, forward‑looking approach to security architecture, supported by strong technical expertise across cyber and security domains.
• Experience of collaborative working across multidisciplinary digital teams, including application developers and industry partners, with an understanding of Agile delivery and modern software development practices.
• Understanding of security best practice and how it can be embedded effectively across programmes, stakeholders, and delivery activity.
• Experience of cyber risk, issue management and assurance, with an understanding of recognised security standards (e.g. NIST 800‑53, ISO 27001) applied to cloud‑hosted and DevSecOps environments.
• Experience of driving continuous improvement and innovation in organisational cyber security posture through informed guidance and assurance.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Understanding of current digital architectures, systems integration, and optimisation across MOD and Army operating environments.
• Experience of conducting AI ethics reviews and contributing to responsible adoption of emerging technologies.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and tools, including ArchiMate 3.01 and Sparx EA with Prolaborate.
• Experience of applying user‑centred design principles and user testing to inform business priorities and support benefits realisation.
  
  

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Changing and Improving

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Communication (security architect) - Practitioner Level
• Enabling and informing risk-based decisions - Working Level
• Security technology - Working Level
• Understanding the security implications of transformation - Working Level

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

• Communication (security architect) - Practitioner Level

Benefits

Alongside your salary of 46,040, Ministry of Defence contributes 13,337 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.

Other benefits for Army civil servants include:

• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service
• Highly competitive pension scheme
• Personal and professional development of skills
• Alternative working patterns for many roles
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave
• 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
• Learning and Development
• This post is eligible for a Digital Skills Allowance of up to 11,400 per annum. Eligibility for this
  allowance will be assessed at interview against 4 core technical skills only and reviewed annually in line with MOD policy,

We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role. A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career.

This role will provide opportunities to gain P3M qualifications funded by the MOD.

Further information:

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further informationregardinghow this and other flexible working arrangements may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that theDepartment is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which couldimpacton those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

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