Security Architect – 14651

PERM ROLE
Clearance: SC

Technologies, Methodologies and Frameworks:
• Relevant industry recognised Technical Qualifications. E.g. CISSP, SABSA, CISM, Certified Ethical Hacker, Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert, AWS Certified Security - Specialty
• Strong understanding and practical experience of performing security threat modelling and articulating risk profiles to teams and customers.
• Deep understanding of security concepts and demonstrated application to technical solutions.
• Knowledge and experience of secure architecture patterns and associated standards and technologies
• Knowledge and experience of design and configuration of security tool chains as part of a DevSecOps approach.
• Experience of Secure Software Development Lifecycle processes and methodologies.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge and experience of applying best practice for handling personal data. E.g., GDPR.
• Knowledge and experience of applying best practice for solution security. E.g., OWASP, NCSC cloud security principles.
• Knowledge and experience of applying best practice within one or more specialist architecture domains.
• Strong understanding and practical experience of working with multi-discipline teams to deliver complex technology services.
• Understands and communicates industry developments, and the role and impact of technology

Personal attributes:
• Degree level education, or equivalent.
• Able to work independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to articulate and present different points-of-views on various technologies and architecture patterns.
• Ability to articulate and present different points-of-views on various technologies and architecture patterns from a software and solution security perspective.
• Understands and communicates industry developments, and the role and impact of technology
• Consultancy skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders at senior levels.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to guide, direct, motivate and support staff either directly
or indirectly.
• Highly customer focused, able to quickly build trust and develop customer intimacy
• Promotes a learning and growth culture in their area of accountability.
• Actively support and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.
• Solution-oriented with the imagination to identify innovative approaches to critical problems.
• Effective time management and an ability to recognise and respond to changing priorities and requirements.
• Good organisation skills.
• Self-starting and self-motivated with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Strong team-player, able to work well with others.

Desirable skills
• Experience of working in secure customer environments
• Experience of common Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman etc…
• Knowledge and experience of using Architecture modelling tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect.
• Experience working in the UK Central Government or Defence sectors.
• Industry recognised Technical Qualifications
• Knowledge and experience of designing and delivering solutions based on the capabilities of
public cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services.
• Knowledge and experience of DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools and practices.
• Knowledge and experience of Single Sign on and Authentication/Authorisation technologies such as SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, ADFS and LDAP
• TOGAF certified with experience of applying the framework in a client environment.
• Experience of secure development using either Java or .NET and associated tools and frameworks.
• Experience of design of secure solutions based on on-premises and/or hybrid hosting architectures
• Knowledge and experience of secure web application development
• Knowledge and experience of secure data architectures and associated patterns and technologies

Clearance: SC

Technologies, Methodologies and Frameworks:

• Relevant industry recognised Technical Qualifications. E.g. CISSP, SABSA, CISM, Certified Ethical Hacker, Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert, AWS Certified Security - Specialty

• Strong understanding and practical experience of performing security threat modelling and articulating risk profiles to teams and customers.

• Deep understanding of security concepts and demonstrated application to technical solutions.

• Knowledge and experience of secure architecture patterns and associated standards and technologies

• Knowledge and experience of design and configuration of security tool chains as part of a DevSecOps approach.

• Experience of Secure Software Development Lifecycle processes and methodologies.

• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams.

• Knowledge and experience of applying best practice for handling personal data. E.g., GDPR.

• Knowledge and experience of applying best practice for solution security. E.g., OWASP, NCSC cloud security principles.

• Knowledge and experience of applying best practice within one or more specialist architecture domains.

• Strong understanding and practical experience of working with multi-discipline teams to deliver complex technology services.

• Understands and communicates industry developments, and the role and impact of technology

Personal attributes:

• Degree level education, or equivalent.

• Able to work independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team

• Ability to articulate and present different points-of-views on various technologies and architecture patterns.

• Ability to articulate and present different points-of-views on various technologies and architecture patterns from a software and solution security perspective.

• Understands and communicates industry developments, and the role and impact of technology

• Consultancy skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders at senior levels.

• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to guide, direct, motivate and support staff either directly

or indirectly.

• Highly customer focused, able to quickly build trust and develop customer intimacy

• Promotes a learning and growth culture in their area of accountability.

• Actively support and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.

• Solution-oriented with the imagination to identify innovative approaches to critical problems.

• Effective time management and an ability to recognise and respond to changing priorities and requirements.

• Good organisation skills.

• Self-starting and self-motivated with a positive, can-do attitude.

• Strong team-player, able to work well with others.

Desirable skills

• Experience of working in secure customer environments

• Experience of common Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman etc…

• Knowledge and experience of using Architecture modelling tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect.

• Experience working in the UK Central Government or Defence sectors.

• Industry recognised Technical Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of designing and delivering solutions based on the capabilities of

public cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services.

• Knowledge and experience of DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools and practices.

• Knowledge and experience of Single Sign on and Authentication/Authorisation technologies such as SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, ADFS and LDAP

• TOGAF certified with experience of applying the framework in a client environment.

• Experience of secure development using either Java or .NET and associated tools and frameworks.

• Experience of design of secure solutions based on on-premises and/or hybrid hosting architectures

• Knowledge and experience of secure web application development

• Knowledge and experience of secure data architectures and associated patterns and technologies