Summary: The role of Security Architect involves designing and enhancing the security of platforms and services in a hybrid work environment. The position requires extensive experience in security technologies and the ability to communicate and implement security policies effectively. The successful candidate will advocate for secure architecture practices and facilitate team processes while addressing security concerns. This is a 9-month contract with a daily rate of £675, classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and continuously improve the security of platforms and services.
• Develop and communicate meaningful security policies.
• Prioritize and deliver recommendations and improvements in response to incident reviews.
• Advocate for a risk-based, outcome-driven view of secure architecture.
• Identify and promote best practices for multidisciplinary teams.
• Facilitate team meetings, sizing and planning meetings, and incident reviews.
• Ensure the team has good processes in place.
• Communicate concerns, risks, and issues with the broader team and senior management.

Key Skills:

• Deep understanding and extensive experience in security-specific technologies and systems.
• Experience in exploring and identifying security options for complex enterprise solutions.
• Designing security posture for federated, decoupled, and complex systems in cloud environments (AWS).
• Experience with network and boundary protection technologies.
• Excellent understanding of authentication and authorization technologies.
• Able to perform threat models for strategic application systems.
• Knowledge of securing container orchestration platforms.
• Knowledge of DLP (Data Loss Prevention) solutions.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and best practices.
• Knowledge of SIEM tools and real-time threat detection systems.

Salary (Rate): 675

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT