Security Architect - SC Cleared - Inside IR35

Sanderson Government & Defence; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Government & Defence is hiring a Security Architect - SC Cleared for a home-based role with occasional travel to London or Croydon. The contract is Inside IR35 with an initial 6-month length and a daily rate of £600-£700.

You will validate the security architecture, ensuring Secure by Design principles and progress designs to beta. You will engage stakeholders, develop SbD artefacts, and ensure governance alignment while collaborating with DevOps and alpha-phase teams to evolve

Qualifications

• Security architecture delivery across large, complex IT landscapes in regulated environments.
• Experience with various security architectures (cloud, distributed, monolithic).
• Ability to drive design decisions and governance processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and senior-level influence.
• Proven track record in Secure by Design artefacts and documentation.
• Ability to work with Alpha-phase DevOps and development teams.

Responsibilities

• Verify and develop security artefacts and high/low level designs.
• Close gaps in discovery outputs to complete security designs.
• Engage with stakeholders to gather information and workshop solutions.
• Ensure solutions are compliant with Home Office knowledge and standards.
• Create artefacts aligned with SbD processes and governance.
• Validate options through peer engagements and design forums.
• Collaborate with DevOps to explain architectures and adapt to feedback.
• Support requirements for future procurements and development activity.

Skills

Security architecture delivery

Architecture governance

Stakeholder management

Security design decisions

DevOps collaboration

Secure by Design mindset

Programme architecture knowledge

Job description

Security Architect - SC Cleared - Inside IR35

• Location: London
• Type: Home based with occasional travel to London or Croydon
• Rate: £600 - £700
• Status: Inside
• Length: Initial 6 months

Role Overview

The Security Architect will validate and complete the security architecture for the programme, ensuring designs are Secure by Design, supported by discovery-phase outputs, and taken through to verified high-level and low-level designs ahead of beta.

Key Responsibilities

• Verify and develop security architectural artefacts, including high-level and low-level designs, building on discovery-phase outputs, using programme architecture tooling, aligning to governance processes and developing Secure by Design (SbD) artefacts
• Identify and close gaps in discovery outputs required to complete security designs
• Engage directly with programme stakeholders and the wider community to gather information, run options analysis, workshop solutions and analyse documentation
• Engage with the PPPT and wider Home Office security community to ensure solutions are compliant and informed by wider Home Office knowledge and experience
• Develop security architectural artefacts compliant with programme and wider organisational standards, including Secure by Design processes
• Validate security options and recommendations through programme peer engagements, design forums and technical design authorities
• Work hands-on with alpha-phase development and DevOps resources to explain agreed architectures and incorporate feedback as architectures evolve
• Support requirements development for future procurements and development activity, informed by discovery and alpha-phase hypothesis testing

Required Skills & Experience

• Security architecture delivery across large, complex IT landscapes in a regulated, critical environment
• Broad experience across security architecture styles (e.g. cloud, distributed, monolithic)
• A pragmatic approach to picking up architecture work started by previous resources, quickly assessing what is needed and driving to conclusions
• Excellent stakeholder management, including influencing senior stakeholders and negotiating contentious architectural issues to reach consensus
• Experience managing and recording key design decisions
• Good understanding of programme reference architecture and governance processes
• Able to manage people, navigate conflict, problem-solve, distil key discussion points, organise work and communicate effectively

Reasonable Adjustments:

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