Principal Consultant / Security Architect
We’re seeking a proactive, technical Principal Consultant / Security Architect for a 9-month contract to support business change. You’ll help teams understand and embed effective cyber security into design and delivery.
Collaborate with project teams, architects, engineers and governance forums to define requirements, guide implementation and ensure decisions and evidence are captured through to go‑live. The role follows a hybrid working pattern, with attendance required at our Bournemouth office or other LV= locations.
Key Responsibilities
- Support business change initiatives, ensuring security requirements are considered early and throughout design, delivery, testing and deployment.
- Contribute to governance forums (Risk Forum, Architecture Board, Technical Design Authority), translating controls into practical requirements.
- Review technology changes, including AI solutions where relevant, against risk and control expectations.
- Clearly communicate security and technology risks, controls, design and decisions to stakeholders.
- Assist project teams to document requirements, decisions, exceptions and evidence to an audit‑ready standard.
- Provide security input into architecture (HLDs, LLDs) and implementation guidance.
- Define and support security testing and resolution of findings pre go‑live.
- Support service readiness and secure integration with existing services and target platforms (identity, access, encryption, logging, APIs).
- Share insights to continuously improve security standards and guidance.
- Provide pragmatic security advice to enable delivery at pace while maintaining controls.
What You’ll Bring
- Experience embedding security into projects with diverse stakeholders.
- Clear, practical communication style.
- Ability to translate policies into actionable requirements and evidence.
- Pragmatic approach balancing risk, regulation and delivery goals.
- Understanding of governance forums (e.g. LAB, TDA).
- Continuous improvement mindset and strong documentation skills.
About You
- Comfortable working in structured, regulated environments.
- Experience with modern technology and security controls (including AI where relevant).
- Familiar with frameworks (e.g. NIST) or regulated sectors such as financial services.
- Confident engaging senior stakeholders and contributing to governance forums.
Technical Expertise
- Strong cloud and application security across modern architectures (APIs, microservices, identity, encryption).
- Secure SDLC knowledge (OWASP‑aligned).
- Experience across on‑prem, cloud and hybrid environments.
Qualifications (desirable)
- Certifications (e.g. CISSP, CISM, ISSAP, SABSA) are beneficial, or equivalent experience.
Rewards & Benefits
This role is a Band C in the LV= Structure.
- 30 days’ holiday, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days.
- Competitive pension scheme – LV= Life and Pensions will double‑match the amount you pay, up to 14% (subject to National Minimum Wage requirements).
- An annual bonus scheme based on personal performance.
- Single‑cover private medical insurance (with the option for you to upgrade to family cover).
- Flexible benefits, including a cycle‑to‑work scheme, personal accident insurance, critical illness cover and dental insurance.
- Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family.
- A group life assurance policy with 4× your basic pay to go to your dependents (you’ll have the option to increase to 8× cover).
- Group Income Protection (if you become a member of the Pension scheme and reach 5 years of service).
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for support when you need it.
- A virtual GP service.
- Shared parental leave.
Eligibility
Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship in order for your application to be considered.
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