Overview

We’re looking for a technically astute Security Architect who can bring clarity to complexity and confidence to cloud-first design. You’ll shape secure architecture across our organisation; supporting squads, guiding integrations, and ensuring our approach to security is consistent, scalable, and aligned with business needs.

This is a hands-on role blending enterprise and technical security architecture. You’ll collaborate with engineers, architects, and stakeholders to solve engineering puzzles, articulate risks, and drive secure-by-design principles from high-level strategy to detailed implementation. If you can communicate with clarity across technical and non-technical audiences, we want to hear from you.

At Our Future Health, our mission is to transform the prevention, detection and treatment of conditions such as dementia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. We’re looking for people to join us on our journey. If you’re looking for a new challenge where you can contribute to helping future generations live in good health for longer, then we’re keen to speak with you.

Join us - let’s prevent disease together.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please email talent@ourfuturehealth.org.uk.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: Wellness and Fitness Services

Location: London, United Kingdom (various postings)

Note: This description reflects the duties and responsibilities at the time of posting and is subject to change.

What you'll be doing

• Leading the development of enterprise and technical security architecture across projects and platforms.
• Providing expert security guidance to squads, including product managers, engineers, and data teams.
• Collaborating with Cloud and Application Security Engineers to embed security throughout system lifecycles.
• Partnering with technical and data architects to ensure architectural alignment and integration.
• Leading threat modelling activities and ensuring outputs are reflected in system designs.
• Ensuring our security architecture, and the controls that implement it, align to the threats we face and our organisation's objectives.
• Driving consistency and standardisation in security practices across the organisation.
• Communicating security risks and requirements clearly to diverse audiences.
• Contributing to key initiatives such as Participant Feedback, Engagement, and Recontact.
• Participating in wider engineering initiatives to evolve secure and effective ways of working.

What you won't be doing

• Working in a siloed environment with no freedom to make decisions.
• Working in a place where you can't see the impact your expertise makes.

Requirements

To succeed in this role you will be able to demonstrate some of the following skills and experience:

• Extensive experience of securely architecting cloud-native systems, both at a high level and in the technical details.
• Extensive experience of developing security requirements.
• Experience of working with DevSecOps squads (or similar) in a total ownership model.
• Experience creating enterprise security architecture artefacts.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender suite, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview and Azure security services (e.g., Key Vault, NSGs, WAF).
• Experience with Kubernetes (Azure Kubernetes Service) and data platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Dagster).
• Proven understanding of security risk management and cloud security controls.
• Understanding of threat modelling and ISO 27001 knowledge.
• Understanding of modern cloud technologies and agile working.
• Ability to translate between technical and non-technical teams; desire to be part of a small, fast-paced team.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., SABSA Chartered Security Architect, CRTSA, CISM, CISSP, MS-500, AZ-500, AZ-700, SC-200, SC-300, CompTIA Security+, Cloud Security Alliance CCSK).

Benefits

• Salary from £80,000 per annum.
• Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 12%.
• 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Home & Tech Savings via salary sacrifice.
• £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus.
• Wellbeing Support including Mental Health First Aiders and 24/7 online GP services.
• A great place to work with flexible and remote working arrangements.

If you require any adjustments, please email talent@ourfuturehealth.org.uk