Security Solution Architect

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations : Reading, Havant, Glasgow or Perth

Salary: £58,100 - £87,100 + performance-related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent Full Time Flexible First options available

Play a key role in shaping secure digital solutions across a complex, critical national infrastructure environment. You will work at the intersection of business and technology, designing secure architectures that enable innovation while protecting the organisation from evolving cyber threats.

• Define security requirements for projects based on business criticality, data sensitivity, and emerging threat landscapes
• Design and recommend appropriate security controls aligned to enterprise standards, patterns, and regulatory requirements
• Work with delivery teams to embed security across the full project lifecycle, ensuring solutions are secure by design
• Act as a trusted advisor to business and IT stakeholders, clearly communicating risks and practical solutions
• Contribute to the development and evolution of enterprise security architecture, standards, and strategy
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, engineers, and third parties to ensure alignment with wider IT and security strategy
• Support continuous improvement by identifying new technologies, risks, and opportunities to enhance security capability

You have

• Experience translating business requirements into secure solution designs across cloud, on prem, or hybrid environments
• Strong understanding of security architecture principles, risk management, and common threat landscapes
• Experience working with recognised security frameworks and standards (e.g. ISO, NIST, NCSC CAF)
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate at multiple levels
• A pragmatic, solution-focused mindset, with a focus on enabling the business securely

SSE's purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

Our IT division powers growth across all SSE business areas by making sure we have the systems, software and security needed to take the lead in a low carbon world. They provide expertise, advice and day-to-day support in emerging technologies, data and analytics, cyber security and more.

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact / to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.