Contract Security Architect
Posted 1 day ago by Axiologik
£700 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary: Axiologik is seeking an experienced Security Architect to work on a high-impact project with a new client, focusing on conducting a maturity assessment using the NCSC CAF framework. The role involves identifying key security controls and assessing the client's vulnerabilities while collaborating with team members to produce a comprehensive output report. The position is primarily remote with occasional onsite requirements in Leeds. The contract is set to start on December 15, 2025, and end on January 31, 2026, with potential for extension based on outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct a maturity assessment using NCSC CAF.
- Assess the client's maturity across the organization.
- Identify key controls for assessment and review.
- Engage with individuals to evaluate effectiveness of current practices.
- Identify key gaps from the maturity assessment.
- Perform a full assessment of the client's attack surface and vulnerabilities.
- Assess threat intelligence and relevant data for reporting.
- Collaborate with team members to build the output report.
Key Skills:
- Experience with NCSC CAF Security Controls.
- Strong consultancy mindset.
- Ability to assess security maturity and vulnerabilities.
- Collaboration and teamwork skills.
- Basic report writing skills (support provided).
Salary (Rate): £700 daily
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Axiologik is looking for a strong and experienced Security Architect to join them working with a brand new client :) The work is high value, high impact which will make vast improvements within their sector and industry. A very exciting engagement!
Contract details: £700DR Outside IR35 95% remote - a chance of needing to go onsite to the Leeds office
Start date: 15.12.25 End date: 31.01.26 (potential to extend based on outcomes)
Responsibilities:
- As the Security Architect, you will be working alongside our team members to complete a maturity assessment using NCSC CAF.
- You will be assessing where the client's maturity is end to end across the organisation.
- You will then need to identify key controls that can be assessed and reviewed.
- You will engage with individuals to establish how effective they are and how they’re doing it.
- Then we as a team will look back at the maturity assessment and identify key gaps.
- This is a baseline maturity assessment so you’ll be working with precursor security to do a full assessment of their attack surface and the vulnerabilities i.e. what vulnerabilities are they presenting externally that attackers might use.
- Assessing the threat intelligence and all the data that will then be used to start building the output report (largely templated).
- You don’t need to be brilliant at report writing because our Axio team members will be supporting, but you will be in the thick / heart of it.
95% remote – there may be a need to go onsite in Leeds or another location. We’re trying to find out so will come back to you.
Needs: NCSC CAF Security Controls Consultancy mindset