Principal Architect Security

Job number UU02279

Country:United Kingdom
Region:Cheshire West and Chester
Location name:Lingley Mere (UU), Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP
Posting End Date:23/03/2025
Band:3
Role Type:Permanent
Work hours:37 Hours per Week
Salary:Competitive

Work Type:Hybrid
Employment Type:Full Time
Working Hours:37.0 Hours per Week

United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.

We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.

We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities.

We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution.

• A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays.
• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover.
• Car cash allowance - £5,000.
• Up to 20% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements.
• A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme.
• MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions.
• Best Doctors.
• Salary Finance.
• Wealth at Work courses.
• Deals and discounts.
• EVolve Car Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Plan.
• Mental health first aiders.
• ShareBuy.
• Enhanced parental leave schemes.

Job Purpose

The Principal Architect Security is a thought-leader and a leader of people, who takes ownership of the Architecture for the Security Domain.

They engage with the business at a strategic level and gain a deep understanding of the business’ long-term needs, goals and objectives. They then translate these business needs and lead the definition of the necessary foundational architectures across the domains. They ensure that business solutions are performant, scalable, robust, value-driven, secure, sustainable and responsive to change.

The Principal Architects are leaders that are supported by a team of domain experts covering each of the relevant domains, who in turn take ownership of those domains.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Lead in the creation of defining the security architecture framework, standards, principles and designs that guide decision making and delivery of secure solutions. Contribute to defining Architectural artefacts such as templates, standards, patterns, policies and principles that support secure reusability and consistency.
• Engage with business stakeholders and technology vendors to understand, analyse, and recommend appropriate patterns, solutions and technologies. Communicate effectively as a listener and influencer.
• Proactively engage with governance forums during project planning and delivery to ensure that Cyber Security standards are adhered to, strategic plans and objectives are met, and roadmaps are realised effectively. Contribute to the development and ongoing maintenance of governance and risk processes and forums. Perform security reviews, identify gaps in security architecture, and develop a security risk management plan.
• For the relevant Architecture domain, develop technology strategy, provide consultancy on strategic initiatives, and act as a point of approval for technology selection and purchase, ensuring alignment with the enterprise architecture.
• Seek ways to drive innovation and improvement across the business, maximising the value of technology and data. Proactively research emerging security threats and deliver insights and guidance to business colleagues. Contribute to innovation and improvement within the Architecture practice.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Experience of leading technology and architecture for large-scale transformation programmes.
• Experience of having applied one or more formal Architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman).
• Good knowledge of cloud platforms and how these can be exploited effectively for enterprise benefit (one or more of Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Good knowledge of EUC, networks and telecoms architecture.
• Prior experience as a successful Enterprise Architect supporting digital transformation.
• Significant experience in technology delivery, solution architecture, data architecture, solution assurance or similar roles.
• Experience of leading technology architectures across the Application domains.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Certification in an Enterprise Architecture Framework.

We rely on every employee to ensure our customers receive the best possible service, day in, day out. In return, we ensure that you will be well rewarded for your efforts, from an excellent salary through to development opportunities that will really kick start a thriving career here at UU.

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