Job Description:
Principal Security Architect
Permanent
London / Staines / Manchester (Hybrid Working)
Full time
Closing date: Tuesday 18h February 2025
We make health happen.
At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.
Right from the start you’ll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.
As the Principal Security Architect for Bupa Global, India, and UK (BGIUK) you’ll be responsible for providing senior technical security leadership and guidance to cross functional teams on security technologies, architecture and design. We’ll look to you for direction and recommendations to improve the overall security posture of BGIUK.
How you’ll help us make health happen:
Support the Director of Cyber Technology to develop the BGIUK Cyber Security Strategy and own the associated technology roadmaps to maintain our security posture.
Support the wider Bupa leadership to develop product roadmaps that incorporate security by design.
Define our target Security Architecture, ensuring it’s integrated and aligned with our Cyber Security Strategy and overarching target Enterprise Architecture.
Inspire, manage, and develop a team of security consultants and architects to deliver security architecture service and embed security within agile ways of working.
Develop and maintain repeatable security architecture artifacts (models, patterns, templates, standards, and procedures).
Collaborate with other teams to develop and maintain security policies, procedures, and standards, considering legal, governance and regulatory requirements (e.g. NIST, PCI-DSS, Enterprise Risk Framework, and GDPR).
Foster innovation and digital transformation, ensuring the ethical and secure adoption of new technologies within the business, including the technology and CISO teams.
Represent the CISO team at all design authorities and architectural forums, taking ownership of security architecture design forums and governance processes
What you’ll bring
Solid experience in cyber security with specific architecture/consultancy experience in large-scale organisations.
A proven track record of implementing security architecture, designing security controls, design reviews and security solution architecture.
Strong knowledge and implementation experience specific to Network & Infrastructure Security, Application Security, Cloud Security (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Data Security
Good knowledge of designing the deployment of applications and infrastructure into public cloud services.
Strong knowledge of security assessment methodologies and delivering a security assessment service.
Experience of developing security standards and patterns.
Strong knowledge of enterprise security frameworks, best practices and principles.
Proven Experience using threat modelling and translating this into security requirements.
A recognised security security accreditation such as CISSP, CISM, SABSA, GAIC or a recognised Degree/ Masters qualification in Information Security.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
Annual performance-based bonus
Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
Various other benefits and online discounts
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
IT
Locations:
Angel Court, London, Bupa Place, Kirkstall Forge, Staines - Willow House
