Associate Security Architect (5145)

This is a Fixed Term Appointment opportunity for 47 months with the possibility of permanency dependent on business requirements.

Social Security Scotland currently has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Security Architect to join the Security Architecture Team within the Digital Risk & Security (DRS) Branch, playing a key role in safeguarding critical services, systems and citizen data across the organisation.

As an Associate Security Architect, you will help design and maintain secure architectures across the organisation, with a strong focus on AWS cloud environments. Working closely with delivery teams and stakeholders, you will apply security-by-design principles, ensure compliance with public sector security standards, and integrate security best practices throughout the development lifecycle. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the security and resilience of a national public service that supports people across Scotland.

A Security Architect designs and builds secure solutions.

In this role you will design and support secure systems and services by applying security architecture principles, advise delivery teams, and ensure controls are proportionate, standards aligned, and supportive of business outcomes.

GDD Pay Supplement

This post is part of the Government Digital and Data (GDD) profession and currently attracts a £4,000 annual GDD pay supplement, which is paid monthly - pay supplements are reviewed regularly.

Responsibilities

• Design and review system architectures using recognised security patterns and Secure by Design principles and AWS well-architected security best practices.
• Recommend appropriate security controls aligned with organisational and government standards.
• Provide specialist security guidance to multidisciplinary delivery teams across design, build, and implementation phases, including cloud-native solutions hosted on AWS.
• Assess security risks, communicate implications, and advise risk owners on tolerances and mitigation.
• Maintain and evolve security documentation, patterns, and architectural artefacts.
• Promote security culture and ensure Secure by Design is understood and applied across programmes.
• Define, implement, and review AWS security controls and guardrails, including identity and access management, encryption, logging, monitoring, and network security capabilities.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Expected Timeline (subject to change)

Sift - w/c 2nd November

Interview – w/c 30th November

Location - In Person in either Dundee or Glasgow

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