Cybersecurity Design Architect Lead

Undisclosed; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Undisclosed is seeking a Design Engineer to manage end-to-end solution design and publish architecture patterns, decisions, and risks for cybersecurity programmes in the UK.

The role requires leadership in design authorities with senior stakeholders, and the ability to provide technical direction across aligned projects, including IAM, Vault, and Terraform patterns in a large IT transformation context.

Qualifications

• Degree or work experience directly in cybersecurity, computer science, software engineering, or related field
• CISSP/CISM certification or other broad cybersecurity industry-recognised certificate preferred
• SABSA or TOGAF certified preferred

Responsibilities

• Produce, manage, and update end-to-end solution designs in line with reference architecture & business requirements
• Articulate and publish key design decision records and options to ensure all solutions follow a logical, transparent decision-making process
• Articulate, publish, and ensure approval of any design deviations resulting in technical debt
• Ensure any technical risks or issues arising from a solution design are recorded and mitigated.
• Produces, manages and translates the requirements into the architecture for that solution, ensuring technology and services meet the customer needs and expected business outcomes
• Ensures the design of the solutions are efficient, timely and cost effective throughout the project lifecycle
• Clear understanding of both the motivations of the business and technical security
• Promote strong documentation and clerkship

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

Security operations

Incident response

Threat management

Identity & access management

Cryptography

Infrastructure security

Network security

Application security

Cloud security

Education

Cybersecurity degree

Tools

HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp Terraform

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Undisclosed is seeking a Design Engineer to manage end-to-end solution design and publish architecture patterns, decisions, and risks for cybersecurity programmes in the UK.

The role requires leadership in design authorities with senior stakeholders, and the ability to provide technical direction across aligned projects, including IAM, Vault, and Terraform patterns in a large IT transformation context.