Senior Security Architect

JR United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Security Architect to join their team in London. This pivotal role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to develop and implement innovative security architecture solutions. You will be responsible for ensuring high-quality cyber designs that align with regulatory requirements and enhance user experiences. Ideal candidates will possess a deep understanding of security concepts and have experience in large enterprise environments. If you're proactive, curious, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in cyber design/architecture in large enterprises.
• Experience in Agile development cycles and aviation systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Set long-term strategies with high strategic impact across projects.
• Design and review system architectures, contributing to cyber strategy.

Skills

Security Concepts

Stakeholder Management

Cyber Architectural Artifacts

Technical Cyber Design

Agile Development

Education

5+ years in Cyber Design/Architecture

Awareness of Cyber Trends

Job description

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We share your motivation to progress your career and achieve your ambitions – so we want to let you know about the latest Principal Security Architect - London role. Check out the details for this vacancy, with a world-leading airline company, below:

Location: Waterside, London

Hours: Monday to Friday (37.5 hours a week)

Job purpose:

• This role reports to the Head of Cyber Architecture, working closely with client Tech Delivery Teams, the client Cyber Team and the client Cyber Security Office. Act as the client Cyber representative on Cyber Architecture matters, undertakes complex work of a high-risk level, often working on several projects.

Accountabilities:

• Work on projects with high strategic impact, setting a strategy that can be used in the long term and across the breadth client.
• Recommend security design across several projects or technologies, up to an organisational or inter-organisational level.
• Research and apply innovative security architecture solutions to new or existing problems and be able to justify and communicate design decision.
• Interact with senior stakeholders across departments within client..
• Design and review system architectures through the development of reference architectures, patterns and principles.
• Ownership of one or more domains of expertise within the cyber capability map.
• Works closely with the client Cyber Assurance teams on projects, programmes and agile product teams.
• Represent client Cyber architecture on technical governance groups.
• Contributes to client’s enterprise cyber architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Stay updated on Emerging Trends: Keep abreast of the latest security technologies, threats, and best practices.
• Continuously evaluate and recommend security enhancements to adapt to evolving risks and industry standards.

Skills

• Expert understanding of security concepts and can apply them to a technical level, at the highest levels of risk complexity.
• Stakeholder management with complex stakeholder relationships across client.
• Develop and maintain cyber architectural artifacts including patterns and reference architectures.
• Ability to review and produce technical cyber design resources and assets.
• Effectively translate and accurately communicate security and risk implications to senior stakeholders.

Qualification

• At least 5 years demonstrable experience in developing cyber design/architecture in large enterprise environments.
• Demonstrable awareness of cyber design/architecture trends.
• Further the profession, demonstrating and sharing best practice within and outside the organisation.
• Experience of cyber design in an Agile development cycle.
• Understanding of aviation systems (desirable).

Key performance indicators

• High quality cyber designs and patterns.
• Alignment and input into cyber technical strategy.
• Cyber designs that reduce complexity, meet regulatory requirements and improve customer and colleague user experiences.

Behaviours and attitude

• Proactive and pragmatic, engaging in a collaborative and reasoned way.
• Curious and inquisitive, searching for new innovative ways to design securely in a changing threat landscape.
• Excellent prioritisation and planning skills, you thrive under pressure and enjoy complex environments.
• Flexible and agile, focused on delivery of goals and client’s cyber vision, owning the outcomes.
• Team player - supports and helps rest of the team.

Start Date

ASAP

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