PAM Solution Architect

Whitehall Resources Ltd; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm is seeking an experienced PAM Solution Architect to work with a key client in Sheffield. The role involves managing solution designs, ensuring compliance with architecture, and mitigating technical risks. Candidates should have strong skills in PAM and significant experience in large-scale IT transformations. This position requires 3 days onsite weekly and offers a competitive contract within IR35 regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Solution Architect with knowledge of PAM.
• Strong documentation skills in high and low level designs.
• Proficiency in communicating security topics to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Produce and manage end to end solution designs.
• Ensure approval of design deviations and articulate solutions.
• Manage technical and project risks or issues effectively.

Skills

PAM Solution Architecture

Identity and Access Management

Documentation Skills

Technical Risk Management

Communication Skills

Education

CISSP or CISM certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

BizzDesign

UML

Job description

Overview

PAM Solution Architect. Whitehall Resources currently require an experienced PAM Solution Architect to work with a key client. This role falls INSIDE IR35 and requires 3 days onsite weekly.

Responsibilities

• Produce, manage, and update end to end solution designs in line with reference architecture and business requirements including low level and detailed 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.
• Translate requirements into the architecture for the solution, ensuring technology and services meet customer needs and expected business outcomes.
• Ensure designs are efficient, timely and cost effective throughout the project life cycle.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of both business motivations and technical security.
• Promote strong documentation and governance.
• Effectively manage and escalate technical and project risks or issues.
• Articulate solutions and remediation steps to technical risks and issues.
• Map design decisions to resultant technical risks and issues to explain their cause and rationale for any negatively impacting change.

Cybersecurity Expertise

• Experience as a Solution Architect with knowledge of identity and access management, and especially privileged access management PAM.
• Strong experience documenting high level and low level designs.
• Broad background across information technology with the ability to communicate clearly with non security technical SMEs at a comfortable level.
• Experience working in large scale IT transformation programmes.
• Experience working with PAM solutions such as CyberArk, Centrify, Delinea/Thycotic and OneIdentity.

Qualifications & Certifications

• CISSP CISM certification or other broad cybersecurity industry recognised certificate.

Platform & Technology

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

All opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.