Summary: The role of Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead involves providing expert analysis and advice on information security risks and architecture within a defense industry context. The position requires collaboration with various functions and projects to ensure compliance with security requirements and effective risk management. The role is fully on-site in Aldermaston and emphasizes the importance of maintaining high personal standards in safety and quality. This is a 12-month contract position classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with functions, projects and the supply chain to assess the sources of Information Risk and make recommendations on how these are to be managed.
• Determine how the overall security architecture applies to projects under consideration and advise project solution architects on security requirements.
• Review high and low level solution designs for compliance with overall security architecture, achievement of security requirements and overall efficacy of the security features and tools.
• Oversee IT Health Check and Vulnerability Assessments by approving scope of tests and overall testing programme.
• Record and track assessments of information capability and projects supporting reviews and audits as necessary.
• Provide technical risk assessment analysis.
• Develop the professionalism of Information Risk Management.
• Attend project Security Working Groups and manage when appropriate.

Key Skills:

• Strong cyber security architect.
• Familiar with security tools.
• Has worked in a defence industry previously.
• Has had hands-on experience in security applications and/or appliances.
• Security Architect skills.
• Good working knowledge of firewalls, DevOps, cloud, intrusion detection systems (IDS), intrusion prevention systems (IPS), and endpoint detection.
• Experience more important than qualifications.
• Has worked in highly classified environments.
• Technical background.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Aldermaston

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT