Cyber Security Architect

£80,000-£100,000

6k Car Allowance

Pension 10%

Bonus 12.5%

My pioneering FTSE client are seeking the most talented, pragmatic and innovative Security Architect to join their stellar workforce. My client paves the way in the technical consultancy industry delivering cutting edge solutions which transform, enrich and protect the business world. The Security Architect would be joining an industry leader in Cyber Security, Financial Crime, Communications Intelligence and Digital Transformation.

Security Architect Accountabilities

To drive beneficial security change into the business through the development or review of architectures. In particular:

• To understand the business and information risk context, and propose architectures and countermeasures to mitigate risks from solutions
• To work closely with information risk advisors, accreditors, solution architects and system engineers to enable secure definition, delivery and configuration of ICT systems
• To provide strategic direction to investment in new technologies and in the delivery of secure services and solutions
• To provide thought leadership, support business development activities, perform deliver oversight and manage senior client engagements

Security Architect Desired Criteria

• Security architecture contributor for secure systems integration projects
• Analyses existing and proposed technical architecture for security risk
• Advises on appropriate security controls to mitigate Security Architecture risks
• Provides expert technical advice to support the design and development secure architectures
• Applies secure architecture principles and practices to assure technical architectures
• Assures implementation of security controls to mitigate risks

Security Architect Knowledge & Skills

Professional Skills:

• Ability to articulate and pitch security advice, often at a technical level, directly to key customer stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills as well as both written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to prioritise workload, work well under pressure and concurrently manage both customer and client expectations
• CISA, CISSP, CISM, or CIA would be highly desirable
• Experience working within Financial Services, ideally banking or insurance

Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Cyber Security Architecture policies, standards principles, controls and frameworks
• Hands-on experience of architecting secure cloud solutions (AWS/Azure) as well as hybrid models
• Technical experience in IDAM technologies and architectural frameworks
• Micro-services architectures and RESTful APIs
• Network Security Architecture principles such as network zoning and segmentation would be beneficial

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