Senior Security Architect, Consulting

Cognizant; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Security Architect to join their dynamic architecture team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise in AWS Cloud and on-premises data centers to design secure solutions and create high-level designs that adhere to security policies and best practices. Your strong stakeholder management skills will enable you to build consensus and guide transformational engagements. This role offers the opportunity to shape technology direction while mentoring junior team members. If you are passionate about security architecture and want to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in creating high-level security architecture designs.
• Strong foundation in AWS Cloud and Data Centre security.

Responsibilities

• Provide technology leadership and deliver insightful technology advice.
• Shape and lead technology advisory consultancy engagements.

Skills

Security Architecture Design

AWS Cloud Security

Network Segmentation

Vulnerability Management

Firewalls

Identity & Access Management

Problem Solving

Education

AWS Certified Security Specialty

Tools

WSO2

Nginx

Entrust

GuardDuty

Shield

Sparx EA

Job description

The Company

Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 350,000 employees as of January 2024. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Cognizant Consulting

At Cognizant, our consultants orchestrate the capabilities to truly change the game across strategy, design, technology and industry/functional knowledge to deliver insight at speed and solutions at scale. Our consulting services elevate the unique abilities and business aspirations of customers and employees and build relationships based on trust and value.

Role Profile

The Security Architect will be a member of a small architecture team comprising application and infrastructure specialists. They will have experience and a strong foundation in the design of secure solutions on AWS Cloud and On-premises Data Centres (DCs). They will have experience in creating high-level designs (HLDs) following application and infrastructure security policies, standards and best practice. They will be able to defend design choices at technical governance forums (e.g., TDA).

Responsibilities

1. Providing technology leadership, delivering high quality, creative and insightful technology advice; ensuring project success through timely and accurate production of agreed deliverables.
2. Shaping, leading and delivering value through technology advisory consultancy and guiding transformational delivery engagements.
3. Strong stakeholder management and relationship building skills at senior levels to enable consensus building and shaping technology direction.
4. Leading in the development and presentation of client proposals collaborating with teams across our business.
5. Leading in the development of collateral to support Technology Consulting ‘go to market’ propositions and service offerings.
6. Farming of accounts - working with account teams to support opportunity identification, qualification and sales.
7. Contributing to the development of practice members’ skills to ensure a consistency of service delivery and expertise through active coaching and mentoring of junior members of the team.
8. Developing, implementing and continually refining a coherent approach and appropriate frameworks to support business transformation proposals, including presentations, specimen RFI/RFP content, methodologies, toolkits and deliverables.

Core skills and experience:

1. Creation of high-level security architecture design (HLD).
2. Security capabilities in AWS Cloud and Data Centres (DCs).
3. Knowledge of network segmentation and vulnerability management.
4. Security: Firewalls, Key Management, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Application Gateway (ALG).
5. Technologies: WSO2, Nginx, Entrust, GardDuty, Shield.
6. Knowledge of security frameworks (NIST, CCM).

Desirable skills and experience:

1. AWS Certified Security Specialty.
2. Java security frameworks (e.g., JCA, JAAS, JSSE).
3. Security technology (e.g., ZTNA, SEIM, XDR, EDR).
4. Sparx EA.

The Security Architect must be comfortable drafting documents, preparing presentations, researching IT architecture and technology topics, and providing oversight to development teams. They must have the ability to abstract complex themes, problem solve, distil key discussion points, organise work, deliver to tight deadlines, and communicate with non-technical and technical stakeholders.

Security Clearance

Please note that candidates must hold or be able to gain UK SC level Security Clearance or higher. Therefore we can only accept applications from British passport holders who meet this criteria.