Cyber Security Architect - Remote

Cyber Security Architect

• Fully remote based

• Salary - £70,000 - £90,000 + £5.4k Car allowance + 10% Bonus

• Must hold SC or DV clearance or be eligible to gain

What you will be doing:

• Understands the business and information risk context, and propose architectures and countermeasures to mitigate risks from solutions

• Analyses existing and proposed technical architecture for security risk, applying secure architecture principles and practices to assure technical architectures

• Assures implementation of security controls mitigate risks

• Provides expert technical advice to support the design and development secure architectures

• Inputs detail on security control implementations and testing into to security risk management tooling

• Supports security consultants by providing security control details, any gaps, and provide evidence of implementations.

• Supports the Security Lead in wider operational security delivery including advocating a strong security culture and training to new joiners

• Works with wider business stakeholders including customers, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure successful project delivery.

• Producing high level designs, Security Architecture Designs (SAD) and conceptual architecture documentation, with specific focus on Security and Information Assurance.

• Consult and contribute to the design of innovative security solutions addressing the needs of our clients.

• Advising our clients on the architecture of their secure business systems.

• Working with programmes to collaborate enterprise architectures to produce end-to-end security designs.

• Provide specialist advice and recommend approaches across projects, teams and stakeholders.

• Providing advice on key security related technologies and assess risks associated with proposed changes.

• Assisting on bids, proposal for works, as well as on implementations and integrations to provide guidance to our clients through their security issues to practical solutions.

• Application of the likes of TOGAF, SABSA, NCSC Cloud Security Enterprise Architecture principles to all Architectures.

What you'll bring:

• Ability to articulate and pitch security advice, often at a technical level, directly to key customer stakeholders

• Ability to prioritise workload, work well under pressure and concurrently manage both customer and Sopra Steria expectations

• Hands-on experience of architecting secure solutions

• Experience of designing and/or implementing security controls using Microsoft standard tooling in a large organisation

• A clear understanding of UK Government Security Frameworks including the Security Policy Framework and NCSC Good Practice guidance

• Experience in providing advice on data protection, information security and business continuity

• Experience of designing and implementation of components of secure systems or services.

• Proven track record in designing complex solutions within security.

• IT Security Architecture experience including TOGAF and SABSA.

• Conversant with security best practices (including ISO27001) and relevant security legislation.

• Will have achieved certification as a CISSP, GIAC or CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent).

• Knowledge of Cloud Security or Email or Identity and Access Management Design and Implementations.

It would be great if you had:

• Security qualification such as CISSP or equivalent experience

• Experience using security risk management tooling

• Cloud Security Architect (AWS and AZURE)