Security Architect

<p class="text-muted mb-3">About the Role</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">We are seeking an experienced Security Architect to provide critical security architecture expertise across our diverse portfolio of customer engagements. In this role, you will ensure that secure-by-design principles, proactive cyber risk management, and rigorous information assurance remain integral throughout the entire solution lifecycle.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">You will act as the vital bridge translating complex customer security</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements, threat intelligence, business goals, and technical constraints into coherent, highly secure architectures and control strategies. Your operating environment will span secure information exchange, cross-domain solutions, cloud services, networks, applications, data platforms, and high-assurance environments. You must have current SC clearance or recently lapsed SC Clearance.</h5>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">Key Responsibilities</h5>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Security Architecture & Design: Embed secure-by-design principles, Zero Trust frameworks, and Identity & Access Management (IAM) across complex systems.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Technical Assurance & Quality: Maintain overall responsibility for security design quality, technical assurance, and the proportionate application of security controls.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Solution Architects, Technical Architects, Cyber Consultants, Engineers, Product Teams, and customer security stakeholders.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Domain Protections: Oversee and implement robust strategies for network and platform security, data security, cryptography, and security monitoring/detection.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Growth & Pre-Sales Support: Proactively support bid teams and pre-sales engineering with expert security insight.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Innovation: Drive technology development to keep our solutions ahead of emerging cyber threats.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Experience & Technical Skills</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">Professional Experience</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Proven background in security architecture, cyber security, systems engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Experience designing robust security controls within highly complex, high-assurance technical systems.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary architecture and engineering teams.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Strong track record of producing clear, comprehensive security architecture and design documentation.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Proven success translating complex cyber risks into clear, actionable technical</span></li>

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<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements.</h5>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Experience evaluating solution designs to identify security weaknesses and control gaps.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Exceptional communication skills with the ability to confidently engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">Technical Proficiencies & Frameworks</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Core Architectures: Secure-by-Design (SbD), Zero Trust, IAM.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Network & Data Security: Firewalls, VPNs, PAM, Encryption, Key Management, and Secure Information Exchange protocols.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Frameworks & Standards: Practical knowledge of NCSC guidelines, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, MoD 05-138, and NIST.</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">Qualifications</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>A Degree, degree apprenticeship, or equivalent professional experience in a relevant technical discipline.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Possession of, or active progress towards, recognized industry certifications such as CISSP, SABSA, NCSC Certified, TOGAF, CCSP, or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor</span></li>

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