Job Title: Senior Security Architect Contract: 12 months Location: Newcastle Hub (40% on-site, increasing to 60% from September). Open to other northern hubs (Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool) with occasional travel to Newcastle. Pay Rate: Up to 750/day (inside IR35) Security Clearance: SC requiredContracting Authority: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Core Purpose - The Senior Security Architect will:Engage with senior stakeholders across departments. Influence teams and communities across the organisation. Research and apply innovative security architecture solutions. Develop vision, principles, and strategy for security architecture. Balance security requirements and make informed design decisions. Lead technical design of systems and services. Support quality assurance and act as an escalation point for junior architects.Summary of the Role and key responsibilities: interact with senior stakeholders across departments reach and influence a wide range of people across larger teams and communities research and apply innovative security architecture solutions to new or existing problems and be able to justify and communicate design decisions develop vision, principles and strategy for security architects for one project or technology work out subtle security needs understand the impact of decisions, balancing requirements and deciding between approaches produce particular patterns and support quality assurance be the point of escalation for architects in lower grade roles