Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Linklaters is a global law firm operating in 20 countries through 30 offices. We pride ourselves on being a people business, where exceptional talent thrives in a collaborative, innovative, agile, and responsible environment. We foster a positive, supportive, fair, and inclusive atmosphere that values diversity and challenges bias.

The Security Architect is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the security architecture of the organisation. This role ensures that the Firm’s technology platforms, systems, and information assets align with business objectives, security principles, risk management requirements, and regulatory obligations.

Working closely with information security, infrastructure, engineering, data, product, and business stakeholders, the Security Architect designs solutions that strengthen the Firm’s security posture while enabling secure and effective business operations.

Key responsibilities include:
- Defining and implementing the security architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap in collaboration with the Senior Security Architect
- Promoting secure-by-design principles to support business strategy and protect information assets
- Advising business and technology teams on security architecture opportunities, risks, and control requirements across applications, infrastructure, cloud services, data platforms, and third-party solutions
- Analysing and interpreting business, technical, and security requirements to define security architecture solutions
- Designing and developing security architecture patterns, standards, principles, and policies across multiple platforms and technology domains
- Assessing and optimising security, resilience, scalability, reliability, and maintainability of technology architecture
- Ensuring compliance with information security policies, risk management, legal and regulatory obligations, and relevant security frameworks
- Leading and coordinating security architecture input across projects, platform changes, integrations, and system implementations
- Collaborating with stakeholders across various teams including Legal & Risk, Human Resources, and senior management to provide technical guidance and resolve architectural challenges
- Researching and evaluating new security technologies and trends and integrating security best practices into system designs and operational processes

Our Benefits
Health & Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance, free in-house fitness centre, subsidised health club memberships, free onsite GP service, and periodic health assessments
Finance: Pension and flexible savings options, income protection and life assurance, mortgage advice and will-writing services
Family & Lifestyle: Electric car and cycle to work schemes, emergency family care, additional holiday/birthday leave, maternity/paternity/shared parental leave, travel insurance and season ticket loan
Social: Option to join sports and social clubs and employee network groups such as Gender Equality Network, With Pride, and Social Mobility Networks

Experience
Extensive experience designing and delivering security architecture patterns, principles, and best practices within complex business environments. Proven ability to manage the complete security architecture lifecycle from design through implementation and optimisation. Strong track record collaborating with diverse stakeholders to understand security and business requirements and deliver effective solutions. Expertise in developing scalable security architecture standards, reference models, and control frameworks. Skilled in identifying architectural risks, control gaps, and security weaknesses with clear guidance on remediation and continuous improvement.

About you
Strong understanding of information security frameworks, risk management, and technical security best practices across enterprise environments. Familiarity with legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements relevant to global organisations. Commitment to enhancing architecture performance focusing on security, resilience, scalability, and operational effectiveness. Excellent leadership, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to guide teams and explain technical security requirements clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications
Degree-level qualifications in computer science, information security, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. Relevant professional certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), CompTIA Security+, or equivalent are desirable.