Are you an ambitious or aspiring Security Architect looking for a new challenge?

At Westminster City Council the diverse needs of our residents are at the heart of our ambitions for delivering high-quality services and improving the city. Starting with this focus on need, we are determined to enable improved outcomes by offering a brilliant, connected digital experience to every resident, business, and visitor.

Our teams work across the Council, and with our wider partners to lead our journey to being a Smart City. Working in Westminster is an opportunity to step into a place which is known world-wide, create something special and make an impact for our customers.

As a Security Architect, you will work across the whole of the Digital and Innovation portfolio, supporting activity across core IT and technology, customer and digital, and our Smart City ambitions to make Westminster a world class city. This will require a proactive and relentless focus on delivery.

You will support the whole council to utilise modern technology services which are secure but maintain the highest levels of accessibility. You will take responsibility for the security profile of the council's self-built services, and for designing overall council-wide security policy, architecture and design, influencing at the highest level to make decisions. In addition, you will create security standards and patterns for complex, interdependent services, making technology choices and trade-offs, while giving advice across whole business areas.

At Westminster City Council the diverse needs of our residents are at the heart of our ambitions for delivering high-quality services and improving the city. Starting with this focus on need, we are determined to enable improved outcomes by offering a brilliant, connected digital experience to every resident, business, and visitor.
At Westminster City Council the diverse needs of our residents are at the heart of our ambitions for delivering high-quality services and improving the city. Starting with this focus on need, we are determined to enable improved outcomes by offering a brilliant, connected digital experience to every resident, business, and visitor.

Your profile

• Expert knowledge and understanding of security and system architectures; the relevant technologies, tools and platforms, best modern practice; industry trends and risks
• Deep knowledge of modern technology security practices around services, infrastructure, hosting and platforms
• Knowledge of open-source technology, modern software, and software development practice, including various options around self-built, low-code and outsourced services
• Knowledge of DevOps practice and culture and associated practices like continuous deployment and testing, test-driven development and pair programming
• Experience delivering systems and security designs, patterns and decisions at pace; setting service and development standards
• Experience working with APIs and microservices architecture and managing the relationships between interdependent product and platform teams.
• CISM, CISSP, MSc Information Security, or NCSC certifications are highly desirable

Westminster City Council are looking for candidates who want to further their career, alongside delivering great services for residents. As an employer of choice, Westminster City Council offer an extensive benefits package including:

• Competitive salary package up to £67,599 per annum, dependent on experience
• Generous allowance of 30 days annual leave
• Generous local government defined benefit scheme
• A healthy work-life balance for all employees with a strong flexible working culture and much more!

Hays Technology have been retained by the Westminster City Council to manage the recruitment of this role. For all enquiries, please contact Michael Arnold at Hays Technology.