Cyber Security Architect - Secure By Design

Cyberfort; Bristol; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and passionate team as a Cyber Security Architect, where you will play a crucial role in shaping security architectures for diverse clients. This innovative firm is dedicated to making the world safer through expert consulting and continuous learning. You will collaborate with clients to implement tailored security solutions, ensuring their technology is effectively utilized and protected. With a focus on knowledge sharing and a commitment to excellence, this position offers a unique opportunity to grow within a supportive environment. If you are driven by a passion for cyber security and eager to make a real impact, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus 8 statutory holidays

Birthday off

Buy or sell up to 5 additional days per year

Pension

Private medical

Life Assurance

Comprehensive Employee rewards package

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in security system evaluations and network technologies.
• Awareness of HMG and NCSC Security policies and standards.

Responsibilities

• Support the production and adoption of the client’s IT security framework.
• Identify security risks and provide assurance of client’s security architectures.

Skills

Cyber Security

Security Architecture

Risk Management

Communication Skills

Customer Focus

Training Delivery

Education

Relevant Cyber Security Certifications

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Security Frameworks (ISO/IEC 27001/27002/27005)

Security Architecture Tools

Job description

Role Title: Cyber Security Architect – Secure By Design

Reporting to: Lead consultant

Location: Remote with travel as required

Reward Package:

1. £65,000 - £80,000K DOE
2. 25 days annual leave plus 8 statutory holidays + Birthday off in addition
3. Buy or sell up to 5 additional days per year
4. Pension
5. Private medical
6. Life Assurance
7. Comprehensive Employee rewards package

THE ROLE

This is an exciting opportunity to join our world-class Consultancy arm as a Technical Cyber Security Consultant, supporting the next phase of Cyberfort’s growth. You’ll be joining a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning with expert peers in Secure Architecture and Risk planning. We work across a number of sectors with a diverse client base. We aim to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We work together, we are passionate, creative, and we embrace difference.

In this role, you’ll work within our Consulting team, supporting new and existing clients across various sectors to define and implement security architectures and solutions that match their requirements. You’ll work in close partnership with clients to ensure the delivery of expert services by complementing their in-house Information and Cyber Security resources, combining expertise in information security, security architecture, and business advice.

Working across the business and multiple technology platforms, you will play a key role in ensuring our clients make the best use of their existing technology and make proportionate, risk-informed decisions, ensuring protection of client assets and transformation of their security architecture.

As a team, we’re always looking to raise the bar, learn new things, and incorporate new technologies, and you will too! You’ll share your knowledge with the team and the wider Cyberfort community, contributing to Group blogs and undertaking research related to technology enhancements.

Responsibilities:

1. Support the production and adoption of the client’s IT security framework, including:
1. Security Architecture policies, principles, and standards for application across the organization.
2. Alignment to industry standards and regulation e.g. ISO/IEC 27001/27002/27005.
3. Security specific patterns, models, and blueprints.
4. Define as-is and to-be security architectures.
5. The security architecture roadmap.
6. Security technology radars and KPIs.
7. Security architecture specific tools and methodologies.
8. Promote the adoption of architectural and Secure By Design principles to reduce information risk.
9. Identify security risks that arise from potential solution architectures, advising and assuring alternate solutions or countermeasures to mitigate identified information risks.
10. Provide assurance of client’s security architectures and solutions.

To be Great at the role:

1. Customer focused and a strong verbal and written communicator.
2. Possess strong hands-on experience in reviewing project delivery plans relating to security systems; evaluation of network and security technologies; developing requirements for network and cloud security designs as well as hardware & software.
3. Possess awareness and understanding of HMG and NCSC Security policies, standards, and guidance.
4. Passionate in cyber security.
5. Able to deliver training to end users.
6. Motivated, self-directed, and able to work in large and virtual teams.

Our Purpose:

The Cyberfort Group is a community of 150+ passionate people united by one overall mission... to make the world safer, one business at a time. We are the "one-stop shop" for all things cyber and are working to build a centre of excellence for our customers by building an amazing place to work, learn and develop for our people.

We work with a diverse range of clients, including large Governmental departments as well as other public sector organisations and businesses within the private sector. We're growing our business and our team through our continuous investment in developing technology and cyber capability; we aim to deliver innovation to our customers as fast as possible. Whether it's AI-driven ML-based threat intelligence or rapid start hybrid Cloud; our goal is to implement solutions that make us stand out in the market.

If that sounds like you, we'd like to see......

Your CV

Find your place at the Cyberfort Group - Our vision is to bring together technology, people, expertise, facilities, and leaders in Cybersecurity to create capability that is second to none. We aim to create a workplace that leverages the expertise of people from a diverse range of backgrounds that are to be themselves, are celebrated for thinking differently, and work together as one team.

We know that a one-size-fits-all approach to our recruitment and selection practices will not allow us to reach some of the incredible people that are out there and it’s common practice for us to make adjustments. When you apply to work for us please let us know if there’s anything we can do to allow you to showcase your skills and talents to the best of your ability.