Cyber Security Architect
Posted 4 days ago by ECS Resource Group
£500 Per day
Outside
Undetermined
United Kingdom
Summary: The Cyber Security Architect role involves designing and maintaining secure architecture solutions for fixed network and enterprise environments. The position requires leading security architecture reviews and collaborating with various teams to implement security-by-design principles. The successful candidate will also develop security standards and support governance and compliance activities. This is a contract position with a focus on working with a Telecoms end client across multiple projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain secure architecture solutions for fixed network and enterprise environments, ensuring alignment with business and security requirements.
- Lead security architecture reviews for network infrastructure, systems, and enterprise platforms to identify risks and recommend mitigations.
- Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and project teams to embed security-by-design principles across network and enterprise technology initiatives.
- Develop and maintain security standards, reference architectures, policies, and technical documentation for fixed network environments.
- Support security governance, risk assessments, and compliance activities, ensuring solutions align with regulatory and organisational security frameworks.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as a Cyber Security Architect within fixed networks and enterprise environments, with limited focus on mobile network technologies.
- Deep understanding of network security architecture, including firewalls, segmentation, secure connectivity, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and enterprise infrastructure security.
- Experience designing secure enterprise solutions across on-premise and hybrid/cloud environments.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences effectively.
- Knowledge of security frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, Zero Trust, and secure architecture best practices.
Salary (Rate): £500 daily
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Outside IR35 Pay £500 a day 3 month rolling contract ECS Resource Group are currently working in partnership with a global managed service provider, assisting them with the search for a Cyber Security Architect on a contract basis. The successful candidate will be working with a Telecoms end client across various projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain secure architecture solutions for fixed network and enterprise environments, ensuring alignment with business and security requirements.
- Lead security architecture reviews for network infrastructure, systems, and enterprise platforms to identify risks and recommend mitigations.
- Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and project teams to embed security-by-design principles across network and enterprise technology initiatives.
- Develop and maintain security standards, reference architectures, policies, and technical documentation for fixed network environments.
- Support security governance, risk assessments, and compliance activities, ensuring solutions align with regulatory and organisational security frameworks.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as a Cyber Security Architect within fixed networks and enterprise environments, with limited focus on mobile network technologies.
- Deep understanding of network security architecture, including firewalls, segmentation, secure connectivity, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and enterprise infrastructure security.
- Experience designing secure enterprise solutions across on-premise and hybrid/cloud environments.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences effectively.
- Knowledge of security frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, Zero Trust, and secure architecture best practices.