# Lead Security Architect - AI & Data

**Company**: Bupa
**Location**: Angel Court, London, London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Bupa is seeking a Lead Security Architect - AI & Data to play a critical role in ensuring the safe and responsible adoption of AI technologies across the organisation.

As a Lead Security Architect, you will define security standards, guide responsible AI adoption, and help protect sensitive personal and clinical data.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Define secure AI adoption patterns and security standards across Bupa.

- Lead threat modelling and security reviews for AI-enabled solutions, including large language models (LLMs), generative AI tools, and autonomous agents.

- Develop governance frameworks, security controls, and assurance processes that support safe AI adoption.

- Set security requirements for AI platforms, APIs, integrations, and cloud-based AI services.

- Identify and help manage risks associated with unauthorised or unsanctioned AI usage.

- Provide expert guidance on AI security, architecture decisions, and emerging threats.

- Partner with technology, data, legal, clinical, and risk teams to embed security into AI initiatives.

- Present security recommendations and risk assessments to senior stakeholders and executive audiences.

- Assess AI suppliers and third-party solutions from a security and data protection perspective.

- Contribute to security standards, reference architectures, and continuous improvement activities across the wider technology function.

- Support awareness, education, and a strong security culture around responsible AI use.

**What We're Looking For**

- Significant experience in security architecture, cyber security consulting, or enterprise security leadership roles.

- Strong experience securing AI, machine learning, and cloud-based services.

- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Azure OpenAI, AI Foundry, and cloud security principles.

- Experience leading threat modelling, security architecture reviews, and control design activities.

- Strong knowledge of security frameworks, including NIST CSF, NIST AI RMF, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and OWASP AI security guidance.

- Experience working within highly regulated environments, such as healthcare, financial services, or government.

- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts in a clear and engaging way.

- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and supporting strategic decision making.

- Knowledge of UK GDPR and data protection requirements.

**Benefits**

- 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

- Enhanced pension and life insurance

- Private medical insurance

- Access to health and wellbeing services

- Discounts on Bupa products and services

## Skills

### Required
- security architecture
- cyber security consulting
- enterprise security leadership
- AI security
- cloud security
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure OpenAI
- AI Foundry
- threat modelling
- security architecture reviews
- control design
- NIST CSF
- NIST AI RMF
- ISO 27001
- ISO 42001
- OWASP AI security guidance
- UK GDPR
- data protection

### Nice to have
- CISSP
- CISM
- CCSP
- SABSA
- TOGAF
- Microsoft AI
- AI security certifications
- generative AI
- retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions
- AI agents

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