Security & Compliance Architect

Contract: Security & Compliance Architect
Start Date: ASAP (after background check completion)
Duration: 3 months +
Rate: £650-£680 a day (Outside IR35)
Location: Remote working (may require occasional on site in London as required)
Reference: 20743

Immediate contract for an experienced Security & Compliance Architect to join an inflight programme with a global enterprise client (pharmaceutical/life sciences)

The Role
Urgent requirement for an experienced Security Architect to work on a major security infrastructure programme. You'll need to hit the ground running across network security architecture, IAM, and SIEM/SOAR design work - this is a broad, senior-level brief requiring both strategic architecture thinking and hands-on validation of technical detail.

Key Responsibilities
Security - Architecture & HLD

• End-to-end network security design: network edge security, segmentation, multi-tenancy
• Virtualisation and container security
• Data encryption (in transit and at rest), key management, secrets management
• STRIDE threat modelling
• AI Runtime security
• Corporate security environment including EPP and DLP

Security - BoM

• Validate Bill of Materials for security appliances, licensing and managed services, and corporate security tooling

Identity & Access Management

• High-level design of identity providers, SSO and role-based access controls
• Validate BoM for IAM products, directories and MFA hardware

SIEM/SOAR

• High-level architecture of log collection, correlation and incident-response systems
• Low-level design of log sources, parsers, playbooks and dashboards
• Validate BoM for SIEM/SOAR engines, log retention and licensing

What We're Looking For

• Senior-level Security Architect with proven end-to-end experience across network, IAM, and SIEM/SOAR domains
• Strong HLD/LLD design capability, not just strategy - comfortable producing detailed technical documentation
• Experience validating BoMs and licensing for security, IAM, and SIEM/SOAR tooling
• Familiarity with STRIDE threat modelling and enterprise-scale corporate security (EPP/DLP)

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