Lead Security Solution Architect- PAM

Vallum Associates; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity consultancy in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Lead Security Solution Architect to advance designs for Privileged Access Management solutions. The role demands significant cybersecurity expertise, team management skills, and the ability to present technical solutions to stakeholders. Candidates should have a master's degree in related fields and certifications such as CISSP or TOGAF. The position is hybrid with three days a week onsite.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in security operations, incident response, or identity & access management.
• Proven ability to communicate with non-security technical experts.
• Experience with PAM solutions such as CyberArk or Centrify.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end solution designs including High and Low Level Designs.
• Produce and manage architecture design documents.
• Provide technical thought leadership to project teams.

Skills

Cybersecurity Expertise

Platform & Technology

Leadership & Teamwork

Education

Masters or doctorate degree in cybersecurity, computer science, software engineering, or related field

CISSP/CISM certification or other broad cybersecurity industry-recognised certificate

SABSA or TOGAF certified

Tools

Jira

Confluence

BizzDesign or UML visualisation tools

Job description

Project Overview

CLIENT is working on a strategic Identity and Access Management programme and is re-shaping the way Authentication, Federation, Privileged Access Management, Access Governance, Secrets Management and API Security is done across the bank. One of the pillars of that programme is Privileged Access Management (PAM).

CLIENT is working on uplifting controls and capabilities in privileged access for the Group and introducing the strategic password vaulting solution that will enable to meet strategic requirements.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Security Solution Architect that can complement an existing team of Solution Architects to progress with designs of different components of the PAM solution and other supporting systems it will need to integrate with as part of the end-to-end journey.

Security Solution Architects manage end-to-end solution design and are responsible for delivering architecture design documents in line with functional and non-functional business requirements, strategies, principles, standards, and patterns. Alongside the creation of high-level designs, Security Solution Architects will be required to record key decisions, design deviations, and technical risks and issues where appropriate. Security Solution Architects should be comfortable presenting and sharing solutions at design authorities and senior leadership & stakeholders.

The Lead Security Solution Architect will provide technical thought leadership and direction to their project team and may represent the project / programme as subject matter expert. This role will require someone experienced in managing a team of on-shore and off-shore resources to deliver High- and Low-level designs to the required quality and standard.

Principal Requirements

Cybersecurity Expertise:

• Significant experience and proven technical depth within one of the following domains of cybersecurity; security operations & incident response, threat & vulnerability management, identity & access management, cryptography, infrastructure, network, application, data, cloud
• Broad background across information technology with the ability to communicate clearly with non-security technical SMEs at a comfortable level
• Experience in both operational and transformation cybersecurity roles or a clear working understanding of both perspectives
• Experience working in large-scale IT transformation programmes
• Experience working with PAM solutions such as CyberArk, Centrify, Delinea and OneIdentity
• Preparing end-to-end configuration of the strategic PAM capability – including on-prem deployments as well as Cloud toolings
• Assisting in preparation of demonstrable journeys on the configured PAM tooling

Platform & Technology:

• BizzDesign, Archi, or generic UML visualisation experience for high-level designs
• High proficiency and expertise in Jira for project & tasks management
• Working proficiency in Confluence for documentation

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Architecture & Design:

• Produce, manage, and update end-to-end solution designs in line with reference architecture & business requirements (including High and Low Level Designs)
• 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

Governance:

• Ensures all high-level designs, architecture patterns, decision records, deviation requests, and technical risks or issue records undergo architectural and project governance processes
• Ensure all architecture artefacts undergo appropriate peer review prior to design authority presentation
• Present publications at technical design authorities for input, feedback, and approval

Risk and Dependency Management:

• Effectively manages and escalates both technical and project risks or issues
• Articulates solutions and remediation steps to technical risks & issues
• Ability to map design decisions to resultant technical risks & issues to articulate the cause and rationale which leads to any negatively impacting change

Leadership & Teamwork

• Provides technical thought leadership to the Design Team and the Project
• Ability to manage a project team of technical architects, engineers, and/or analysts
• Ability to take a deputised role in programme management-related tasks where necessary

Qualifications & Certifications:

• Masters or doctorate degree in cybersecurity, computer science, software engineering, or related field
• CISSP/CISM certification or other broad cybersecurity industry-recognised certificate
• SABSA or TOGAF certified

Inside IR35

6 Months

3 days/week onsite