Cyber Security Architect

Lily Lifestyle; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Buying or selling annual leave

Cycle to work schemes

Employee discounts

Paid volunteering day

Stocks and shares

Annual bonus

Job summary

Thales is seeking a Cyber Security Architect to design and lead secure architectures across complex systems. You will advise on high level security compliant designs, conduct risk assessments, and coordinate with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure accreditation readiness.

You will evaluate architectures against major standards (NIST, ISO, JSP), provide justification for selections, and present solutions to customers and technical teams. A SC clearance-ready profile is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Relevant industry certifications (CISSP, Cisco, CCP) are desirable.
• Experience advising on security solutions for complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist security architecture and technical leadership across projects.
• Advise on high level security compliant architectures and drive design reviews.
• Evaluate architectures against policy and standards (NIST, ISO, JSP, etc.).
• Produce justification for architectural choices and ensure accreditation readiness.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and present solutions to stakeholders.
• Develop documentation for engineering and accreditation processes.
• Deliver security training tailored to the user community.

Skills

Secure by Design

Infrastructure Security Design

Security Supervision Design

Information Systems Security

Risk Analysis

Network Security

Cryptography

Identity & Access Management

Threat Modelling

Education

Engineering degree

Computer Science degree

Industry certifications (CISSP, Cisco, CCP)

Tools

SIEM

IAM

Gateways

Job description

Location: Remote UK, United Kingdom

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

We are looking for Cyber Security Architects to join our growing team. As a Cyber Security Architect, you'll work on complex systems provided by Thales and provide specialist security architecture, technical leadership and guidance, to enable Thales to devise, develop and maintain reliable, secure, accreditable and economically sustainable security solutions to meet the project needs.

You will advise on the development of high level security compliant architecture and contribution to the design of the preliminary and detailed designs of the solution: it includes the study of alternatives and a risk assessment

Consult on potential security components architectures (e.g. SIEM, IAM, gateways, detection and deception capabilities )

Evaluate architectures against Business Line policy and major cyber security standards & regulation frameworks (NIST, ISO, JSP, etc.)

Produce justification for architectural choices

Ensure technical coordination across a multi-discipline team

Present, recommend and demonstrate solutions to customer representatives, peers or technical teams

Conduct security related tasks including:

• Production of engineering and architecture reports, specifications and design documents
• Verification of architectures and solutions against established requirements
• Development of documentation to enable the accreditation and certification of solutions
• Development and delivery of security training for a specific user community, taking into account their existing knowledge and training needs based upon the required learning outcomes.
• Collaborate/interact with cyber suppliers/vendors for technical assessment of cyber products in order to select a suitable one

Right for this role?

Ideally you have graduated in Engineering or Computer Science or hold relevant industry certifications (CISSP, Cisco, CCP, etc)

Have experience of advising on security solutions taking into account customer needs
You want to secure the solutions in collaboration with the domain architects
You are seen as a value proposition on crucial and sensitive programmes

COMPETENCIES:

Experience working in organisations adopting Secure by Design

You have the ability to define architectures on your own or with other specialists
You are proficient with Infrastructure Security Design, Security Supervision Design, and Information Systems Security (ISS)
You can advise and give support to the rest of the team
Familiar with Risk Analysis, Network Security, Cryptography, Identity & Access Management (software/hardware development, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, cloud technologies)

Familiarity with threat modelling
Able to monitor and measure risk as well as compliance
You have the ability to work with customers and technical teams

Desirable

Domain knowledge - Defence, Nuclear, Government, Aerospace, CNI, Transport

Risk Management and Accreditation

YOUR CAREER AT THALES

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competences in different areas:

Room and attention to personal development
Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex Solution
Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path
Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group

Security Clearance Requirement:

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years' residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance: .

At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all.

• private medical insurance
• buying or selling annual leave
• cycle to work schemes
• employee discounts
• paid volunteering day
• stocks and shares
• annual bonus
• much more depending on the role

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring.