Cybersecurity Architect

Bristol
3 weeks ago
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SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) are a market leader in its domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are respected, established and an ambitious multi-national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base.

The company has a global impact in the marine domain by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies, products and systems that significantly enhance, security, safety and environment protection and sustainability. Our customers are worldwide and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners.

SRT is an exciting company where high quality results are rewarded. We are ambitious and are constantly seeking to innovate to deliver better products and services to our customers. We strive to make SRT a rewarding and challenging place to work where talented hard-working individuals have the opportunity to make a real impact across the marine world.

About the Role of Cybersecurity Architect

We're looking for a Cybersecurity Architect to help design and assure coastal surveillance solutions of national significance around the world. As a Cybersecurity Architect at SRT you'll take responsibility for ensuring security is built into our products from the ground up. You'll collaborate with our software development and infrastructure teams throughout the product lifecycle and contribute to development of best practice in both technology and governance.

What You'll Be Doing as a Cybersecurity Architect - not exhaustive:

Identify and integrate security requirements throughout product and system development lifecycle
Use your knowledge of the threat landscape to advise on security risks for hybrid and on-premise systems
Provide coaching for our customer support team to ensure our customers implement secure operational processes
Work with our customer project delivery teams and directly with customers to ensure deployed systems are secure and robust, and operating policies are in place to maintain security
Support incident response for security events affecting our products and systems
Develop and execute on a roadmap to ISO27001 or equivalent certification for our development organisation.
Develop and maintain documentation required to support certification
Maintain your knowledge of emerging threats & coach our development teams on best practice and security trends
Lead security vendor evaluations

What You'll Bring as a Cybersecurity Architect

Proven track record in leading Cybersecurity architecture or security engineering roles within the Defence, Critical Infrastructure or National Security sectors
You are familiar with ISO 27001/2 and NIST frameworks and can evidence your involvement in helping an organisation achieve certification
You have technical depth with hands on knowledge of hybrid & on-prem system security, IAM, container & API security, network segmentation, encryption and DevSecOps toolchains; capable of explaining exploitability of complex vulnerabilities
You're proactive, tenacious and able to effectively communicate security requirements and risks to both technical and no technical colleagues
You have a pragmatic and collaborative approach to security architecture and experience working alongside development teams across desktop, web, mobile and backend development

Why Join Us?

Work on mission-critical maritime surveillance systems used worldwide
Be part of an ambitious, innovative, and supportive team
Make a direct impact on global maritime safety and sustainability
Enjoy flexible hybrid working
Competitive salary and benefits, including:
Matched pension contributions up to 5%
Private health care
Development and training programmes

SRT Marine Systems plc is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from all backgrounds

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