Cyber Security Architect

Cyber Security Solutions Architect - remote - 6 months

The Cyber Security Solution Architect will be responsible for architecture, design, and consultancy on Projects across digital programmes including the Cyber projects within the Cyber Security portfolio. Emphasizing a security-first approach, you will contribute to the design and delivery of solutions to support continuous improvement of the Cyber Resilience strategy.

Skills/experience

• Proven experience working as a Solution Architect on large scale programmes within a Cyber Security Portfolio.
• Experience with creating models and flows to represent all solutions that are designed.
• Working knowledge of security architecture requirements for solution designs, good security practices related to AWS/Azure PaaS, IaaS, SaaS configuration and an understanding of enterprise scale solutions.
• Experience collaborating with the Security Operations Centre (SOC) to optimise security monitoring, response planning and execution.
• WAF, Firewall, API Gateway security rules and definitions.
• Adept with Fortinet and Checkpoint Firewall configuration and ability to review.
• Experience working on data classification, labelling and understanding of M365 DLP controls.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Autopilot for device provisioning.

Essential Technical Skills & Qualifications

• Experience of the Cyber Security Tools: Fortinet, Checkpoint, Tenable, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Purview, SCCM/Endpoint Manager.
• Working knowledge of Cyber Essentials, UK DPA/GDPR.
• Knowledge of one or more cybersecurity controls standards and frameworks (CIS, NIST, etc).

Desirable

• Experience in assessing or deploying various network controls and tools to govern the network infrastructure.
• Experience in application packaging and deployment via Microsoft technologies.
• Experience in leading the end-to-end technical delivery of a Cyber Security Programme.
• TOGAF Certified
• Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect
• CISSP

Duties

• Solution Design and Architecture
• Design high-level infrastructure, application, business and network architecture for projects across the Cyber Security and digital portfolios.
• Create and ensure all designs align to Enterprise Architecture (ArchiMate) and Governance requirements.
• Review and document low level architecture design patterns and support models to support technical implementation and service transition.

• Effective Delivery Management
• Contribute to project scope, objectives, to ensure feasibility of delivery and achieving desired outcomes and benefits.
• Collaborate with application product delivery teams to ensure that solutions are fit for purpose and support them with architectural challenges throughout the delivery life cycle.
• Work with the relevant Technology, Change Management and Enterprise Architects to ensure that the outcomes delivered by projects are consistent with the design.
• Provide Design and security engineering support for implementation, Test assurance and Service Transition

• Stakeholder and Vendor Management
• Ability to forge strong relations with a wide variety of stakeholders including technical teams, business users, and senior management.
• Work with vendors to guide them on solution design and ensure solutions are delivered effectively and are aligned to best practices