Information Security Architect
Severn Trent · Baginton, Coventry ·
- Work mode
- Remote
- Category
- Security
Salary: £29,000 - 69,000 per year
Requirements:- Experience in the research, development and documentation of complex security solutions, including writing high-level designs across cloud and on-premise environments.
- Understanding and awareness of industry frameworks such as NIST, NCSC CAF, CIS and IEC 62443.
- Knowledge of the NIS-R Directive and PCI DSS would be advantageous.
- Ability to evaluate and propose solutions and technologies to enhance security posture while meeting business needs and culture.
- Knowledge of Operational Technology and IoT from regulated industries is highly desirable.
- Knowledge and experience in security controls across identity and access management, device and infrastructure security, network security, application and workload security, integration, data security, visibility and analytics, and cloud security.
- Robust communication skills with the ability to influence decision-making.
- Ideally, an industry-recognised security certification such as CCSP, CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementor, or a BCS certificate in Information Security Management.
- Additional product-related certifications such as Azure or AWS are desirable.
- Join our Information Security team as an Information Security Architect.
- Help develop our security strategy and create security design.
- Provide security architectural assurance and consultancy.
- Ensure technology investments deliver appropriate security controls that protect our business and customers.
- Solve and communicate complex security problems.
- Select and design security solutions to secure a hybrid architecture including information and operational technology, cloud and emerging technologies.
- Work within our team of 10 security architects and collaborate with teams delivering security operations, engineering, and risk and compliance.
- Engage with stakeholders at all levels and cooperate with specialists, including external suppliers.
- Support decisions that enable us to manage our data and information and operational systems securely.
- Work 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday, based at our Severn Trent Centre head office in Coventry, with some support for working from home when needed.
- AWS
- Architect
- Azure
- Cloud
- IoT
- Support
- Network
- Security
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We are Severn Trent, a highly innovative and inclusive employer with people at the heart of everything we do. We are ranked in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement and are a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Information Security team in Coventry as part of a dedicated group of security architects. We offer a caring culture, flexible working with office-based collaboration and work-from-home support when needed, along with award-winning training and development, generous holiday entitlement, annual bonus, leading pension contributions, family-friendly policies, a sharesave scheme, an electric vehicle scheme, retail offers, and two volunteering days per year.
last updated 35 week of 2026