Security Architect

In this role you will design, implement, and maintain the security architecture across Linklaters’ technology landscape, aligning it with business goals, risk management, and regulatory obligations. You will collaborate with security, infrastructure, data, product, and business teams to strengthen the firm’s security posture while enabling secure business operations. You’ll lead security architecture initiatives, promote secure-by-design principles, and guide technical decisions across platforms and services. This is a pivotal role for shaping resilient, scalable, and compliant technology at a global law firm.

• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension and flexible savings options
• Life assurance
• Emergency family care
• Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan

• Define and implement the security architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap with Senior Security Architect
• Promote secure-by-design principles to support business strategy and protect information assets
• Advise on security architecture opportunities, risks, and controls across applications, infrastructure, cloud, data, and third-party solutions
• Analyse requirements and define security architecture solutions
• Design and develop security architecture standards, patterns, principles, and policies
• Assess and optimise security, resilience, scalability, reliability, and maintainability of technology architecture
• Ensure compliance with information security policies, risk management, and regulatory obligations
• Lead and coordinate security architecture input across projects and system changes
• Communicate with stakeholders to provide technical guidance and resolve architectural challenges
• Research and evaluate new security technologies and integrate best practices across system designs and processes

• Extensive experience designing and delivering security architecture patterns and best practices
• Proven ability to manage the complete security architecture lifecycle
• Strong track record collaborating with diverse stakeholders
• Expertise in scalable security architecture standards and control frameworks
• Identifying architectural risks and remediation guidance
• Understanding of information security frameworks, risk management, and best practices across enterprise
• Familiarity with legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements relevant to information security in global organisations
• Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills
• Degree-level qualifications in computer science, information security, or related field, or equivalent experience; professional certifications desirable

• leadership
• clear communication
• influencing stakeholders
• Cloud security
• Security architecture design
• IT security risk management