Solutions Architect - Network Security

I-confidential; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services provider in the City of London is seeking a Network Security Architect to enhance their security infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have practical experience in network segmentation, application security frameworks, and stakeholder management. Responsibilities include documenting standards, liaising with stakeholders, and presenting findings to senior management. This role requires excellent communication skills and deep technical knowledge.

Qualifications

• Practical experience of network segmentation from design to delivery.
• Knowledge of industry standard frameworks (NIST, SANS, ITU).
• Ability to articulate problem statements and risks.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Security Architecture colleagues to produce detailed artefacts.
• Liaise with stakeholders to understand requirements and constraints.
• Manage challenging stakeholders and ensure appropriate peer reviews.

Skills

Network segmentation

Documentation of Standards

Threat modelling

Dealing with regulatory bodies

Communication with non-security SMEs

Tools

Jira

Confluence

BizzDesign

UML

Job description

We are currently looking for a Network Security Architect to join an existing team with one of our financial services clients. The role requires experience and technical knowledge of application security, SDLC and lower environment security, application segmentation, network segmentation and network isolation.

• Practical experience of network segmentation of an existing network in to zones, segments, segregation end-to-end from design through to delivery and migration (refactoring, deployment), and accompanying standards.
• Documentation of Standards, Patterns, Strategies, Roadmaps and recommendation papers.
• Knowledge of industry standard frameworks around the security of applications and networks (NIST, SANS, ITU).
• Threat modelling, risk assessments and maintaining a data-driven evidence-based approach to decision making.
• Experience in dealing with regulatory bodies globally, from requirements to audits.
• Ability to communicate clearly with non-security technical SMEs at a comfortable level.

Platform & Technology

• Working practical knowledge of legacy and modern networking infrastructure.
• Experience with inter and intra-zone security controls (eg. WAAP, NIPS/NIDS, NGFWs, DDoS, API Gateways, Reverse Proxies, AuthNZ).
• BizzDesign, Archi, or generic UML visualisation experience for high-level designs.
• Working proficiency in Jira for project & tasks management.
• Working proficiency in Confluence for documentation.

Architecture & Design

• Collaborate extensively and align directly with Security Architecture colleagues and produce high quality detailed artefacts.
• Liaise with key stakeholders to understand requirements, constraints, technical debt, initiatives and drivers and keeping communication lines open and transparent.
• Producing and documenting clear, concise and accurate Reference Architecture - including Standards, Patterns, Roadmaps and Strategies.
• Articulation of problem statements, technical debts, decisions and risks to senior management.
• Ensuring governance is being followed and providing data-driven evidence in order to ensure decisions can be appropriately taken.
• Liaising with PMOs, BAs, SAs, SMEs and Policy owners to ensure requirements are being appropriately captured and delivered against in artefacts.
• Production of strategies, standards, patterns and roadmaps, along with future-states architectures that describe the approach, benefits, timelines and dependencies.

Governance

• Managing challenging stakeholders, feedback and review and ensuring the right outcomes.
• Ensure all architecture artefacts undergo appropriate peer review prior to design authority presentation.
• Present publications at technical design authorities for input, feedback, and approval.