Cyber Security Architect

Cyber Security Architect (Cloud)
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Manchester 
Inside IR35 
The Role
All Cyber Security Architects in the IS & IDAM Division are expected to have experience of implementing security controls in a predominantly cloud-services environment, for this role a specific focus on AWS has been requested.
The Cyber Security Architect advises and enables technical teams to make security decisions. They provide advice and guidance to ensure common tools and patterns are used effectively to deliver secure systems, and they implement proportionate controls to enable business outcomes. The Cyber Security Architect will be required to effectively translate business objectives and risk management strategies into specific security processes enabled by security technologies and services.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• Broad ranging technical knowledge covering application, data, technology infrastructure and security domains with associated experience in designing secure solutions using modern digital technologies, tools and techniques.
• Experience of designing technical and other security controls to address security risks as part of an overall solution architecture including experience of implementing security controls in a predominantly cloud-services environment (AWS specially, although all cloud SaaS, PaaS, IaaS generally).
• Experience assuring project outputs against architectural designs and assuring 3rd party architectural designs ensuring adherence to agreed policies, standards, and design patterns.
• Experience of managing a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to a senior level with the ability to clearly articulate risks and corresponding controls to support decision making.
• May have one or more technology specialisms (e.g., network security, identity management, encryption etc.)
• Desirable qualifications: CISSP, CISM and/or TOGAF.