Senior Domain Architect

Senior Domain Architect (Security) / Hybrid – Manchester or London

Closing Date 17th July 2026

Shape the future of security architecture for the UK's smart metering network and play a critical role in protecting one of the country's most important pieces of national infrastructure. This is a highly strategic architecture position where you'll provide security leadership, governance and assurance across major transformation programmes, influencing future technology direction, supplier roadmaps and emerging security capabilities, including post-quantum readiness.

About the DCC

We're powering Britain's smarter, greener future. Today. Tomorrow. Together.

Today, we're deeply invested in building a resilient, sustainable smart energy network that drives transformation. Our success is driven by curiosity, ambition, and tenacity.

Tomorrow, we see vast opportunities for growth and development, contributing to decarbonisation and the Net Zero mission. We'll continually develop Smart DCC to fulfil our obligations to consumers and achieve even more with our customers, partners and each other. Joining us means access to development opportunities ranging from talent programmes and academies to exposure to senior stakeholders, industry experts and nationally significant programmes.

Together, we embrace change, unite in our shared passions and support each other. Working as one team and across our industry, we rise to the challenge of shaping Smart DCC and the future.

A career at Smart DCC means being part of something bigger – a dynamic organisation that's not just helping transform energy but also shaping the future. We offer a unique, fulfilling environment where you can thrive today, develop for tomorrow and achieve together.

How you will contribute to transforming the smart energy network and shaping the future

• Own and evolve the Security Domain architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and long-term technology direction.
• Provide architectural governance and assurance across supplier solutions, ensuring compliance with security, regulatory and architectural standards.
• Shape and influence technology roadmaps, future investments and strategic security initiatives across DCC's ecosystem.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating complex technical and security concepts into clear and actionable business outcomes.
• Lead the identification and management of architecture risks, technical debt and emerging security challenges while promoting continuous improvement and innovation.

What you need to bring

• Significant experience in Enterprise, Domain or Solution Architecture within large, complex or regulated environments.
• Strong Security Architecture expertise with experience embedding security and compliance by design principles.
• Proven experience providing architecture governance, assurance and strategic roadmap development.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills, including the ability to engage senior technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience across key security disciplines such as IAM, Cryptography, PKI, Cloud Security and recognised architecture or security frameworks including TOGAF, NIST and ISO 27001.

Benefits

While our mission is ambitious, we also prioritise balance, offering flexibility and support to help you thrive both personally and professionally. At DCC we reward fairly and recognise fully because our continued success depends on our people.

We offer a competitive hybrid working policy of 8 days per month in the office for most roles, alongside competitive salaries, annual bonus opportunities, pension, generous holiday allowance, private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits that can be tailored to you.

This is a unique opportunity to influence the future security strategy of the UK's smart energy infrastructure, work with emerging technologies and play a key role in nationally significant transformation programmes.

Ready to make an impact, grow, and be part of something bigger? Choose Apply Now to find out more and complete our short application.

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Join Smart DCC, a dynamic organisation where every day brings a chance to make a difference.