Remote Security Architect – API & Enterprise Integrations

Intelance; Greater London; On-site; Confidential; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct access to senior client leaders

Flexible delivery pattern

Pre agreed travel expenses

Job summary

Intelance is appointing a Security Architect on a contract basis for the definition phase of a major UK enterprise technology programme. You will review security controls and set requirements for APIs, data, identities and connections, working with senior architects.

The role runs about 5 days across 8–10 weeks with mostly remote delivery and some planned travel. Expertise in security for APIs and enterprise integrations is essential, with strong identity, encryption, logging and threat

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of security architecture experience.
• Strong recent experience designing security for APIs and enterprise integrations.
• Strong knowledge of identity and access, service accounts, secrets, encryption, API gateways, network separation, logging and monitoring.
• Experience working across legacy systems and modern integration platforms.
• Able to run threat modelling and turn risks into clear technical requirements.
• Able to explain security decisions clearly to non technical leaders.
• Clear written and spoken English.
• Based in the United Kingdom, with the right to work in the United Kingdom.
• Available for about 5 days across an 8 to 10 week period.
• Experience with Oracle or ERP estates is useful. Experience in manufacturing, distribution or supply chain businesses is also useful.

Responsibilities

• Review the current security controls affecting integrations, Oracle, bespoke applications and external connections.
• Define security requirements for APIs, messaging, file transfer and service accounts.
• Set identity, access, authentication, authorisation and privileged access requirements.
• Define encryption, key and secret management requirements.
• Define logging, monitoring, alerting and audit requirements.
• Review network boundaries and data flows for security risks.
• Identify the controls required before a connection can go live.
• Provide security questions and scoring criteria for platform and supplier selection.
• Rank security risks and recommend practical treatment.
• Produce a concise security architecture review and requirements set.

Skills

Security architecture

APIs security

Identity & access

Threat modelling

Enterprise integrations

Security governance

Communication

Job description

Intelance is appointing a Security Architect on a contract basis for the definition phase of a major UK enterprise technology programme. You will review security controls and set requirements for APIs, data, identities and connections, working with senior architects.

The role runs about 5 days across 8–10 weeks with mostly remote delivery and some planned travel. Expertise in security for APIs and enterprise integrations is essential, with strong identity, encryption, logging and threat