Security Architect - SC Cleared
Posted Today by Coltech
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Security Solutions Architect role requires an experienced professional with active SC clearance, specializing in data-centric security within a zero trust architecture. The position involves designing and implementing secure architectures, ensuring integration of security controls, and collaborating with various teams to translate business requirements into secure technical designs. The role is primarily remote with occasional visits to Corsham/Northwood.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement secure, scalable solution architectures
- Develop and maintain security architecture frameworks aligned to business and IT strategy
- Design secure cloud, application and network architectures
- Ensure consistent integration of security controls across platforms and systems
- Work closely with enterprise architects, infrastructure teams and developers
- Translate business requirements into secure technical designs
- Present security strategy and roadmaps to senior leadership
Key Skills:
- Deep understanding of cybersecurity principles and technologies
- Experience with military or law enforcement operational information technologies
- Strong background in Cross Domain Security & Zero Trust architectures
- Expertise in Data Centric Security: identity federation, ABAC (Attribute-based Access Control), key management, and other related security solutions
- Knowledge of secure transactional and message distribution technologies
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Security Solutions Architect – SC Cleared - Data Centric Security, Zero Trust
Location: Corsham/Northwood - Full Remote working with occasional visits
Clearance: Active SC clearance required
Sector: Defence / National Security
Coltech are supporting a major Defence programme and we’re looking for an experienced hands-on Security Architect who has specialised and gained experience specifically in data-centric security with attribute-based access control and SAML-based (or similar) identity enforcement, federation of trust and key management, all in a zero trust architecture. Knowledge of multi-level cross domain security gateways in a defence or national security context is also important.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure, scalable solution architectures
- Develop and maintain security architecture frameworks aligned to business and IT strategy
- Design secure cloud, application and network architectures
- Ensure consistent integration of security controls across platforms and systems
- Work closely with enterprise architects, infrastructure teams and developers
- Translate business requirements into secure technical designs
- Present security strategy and roadmaps to senior leadership
Skills & Experience
- Deep understanding of cybersecurity principles and technologies
- Experience with military or law enforcement operational information technologies.
- Strong background in Cross Domain Security & Zero Trust architectures
- Expertise in Data Centric Security: identity federation, ABAC (Attribute-based Access Control), key management, and other related security solutions.
- Knowledge of secure transactional and message distribution technologies
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
If you’d like to explore this contract, apply directly or reach out for a confidential chat.
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