Job Description

Join Police Digital Service as a Cyber Architect FT/PT - starting salary 76,000pa

About Police Digital Service

The Cyber Architect will have responsibility to ensure National Policing systems and services have a clear strategic direction for Information Security and Risk (IS&R), through enterprise security architectural services, design services and carrying out product assessment and selection.

Our Values are:

We value People We do the right thing We are innovative We are one Team We are proud and passionate

Working Arrangements

We are a remote-first organisation, with occasional national travel for key meetings. We know that flexibility matters - whether that's part-time hours, compressed schedules, or job sharing - and we're happy to explore what works best for you.


We understand that many talented individuals, especially women, may hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. If this role excites you and you believe you could make a difference, we warmly encourage you to apply - even if you're not sure you tick every box.


If you have any questions or would like to discuss how the role could work for you, please reach out to us at recruitment@pds.police.uk. We're here to support you.

Why Join us?

Balance is important and we want you to take time off to recharge - we offer 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. Holiday Purchase also available Flexible working hours - We trust you to do your job and we appreciate that life doesn't always fit around a 9 to 5 workday. We operate core hours of 10 to 4, Monday to Friday (37hr week) Family - Enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with a flexible return to work

You can find out more here:

Benefits - Police Digital Service (pds.police.uk)

Key Responsibilities:

Support the design authority in business change decisions ensuring that all architecture activities and deliverables are consistent with standards, policies and strategies defined in the PDS Technical Blueprints. Manage separation of control from technical design authority responsibilities - represent Cyber Services at technical and security design authorities to ensure that solutions are secure. Define, design and interpret technical artefacts from business design specifications and capability to create solutions that meet business requirements. Design and assess solutions using sound security architecture principles across PDS and UK police force environments, ensuring information systems are compliant with frameworks (for example, NIST, ISO27001, CIS and OWASP), applicable laws, policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with security controls to identify control gaps, develop remediation plans and determine residual risk across both local and national programmes.

(For a full list of responsibilities please see in the candidate pack)

What you need to succeed in the role:

Essential:

A minimum of 3 years of proven, demonstrable and current experience in a Security Architect role in large and complex organisation with equally complex service requirements. Proven experience of delivering security in one or more of the following cloud service provider environments: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to equal opportunities for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. All applicants will be considered without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, nationality, neurodiversity or disability status.

All applicants must be eligible to undergo NPPV3 (Non Police Personnel Vetting Level 3 )and SC vetting clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 clearance to have been cleared before starting with PDS.

Please note, we may choose to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications for this role so please endeavour to to complete your application as soon as possible