Security Architect

Hitachi Vantara Corporation
London
2 days ago
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Are you passionate about making a difference in healthcare through technology? As a CISSP certified Security Engineer/Architect, youll play a crucial role as part of an Azure cloud modernisation programme, responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security measures for the National Breast Screening Service in the UK.

As well as an extensive technical skill set, youll have experience of building and managing relationships with key stakeholders in a complex organisation, ensuring effective communication within the security framework at NHS England.

You will be adept at managing and working with near-shore and off-shore technology teams in order to successfully deliver security solutions.

You will also have a deep understanding and experience of UK NCSC Government guidelines and standards in order to ensure compliance throughout.

What Youll Be Doing:

  1. Designing and implementing security controls for the managed tenant and service layer.
  2. Validating the design for the nearshore facility and overseeing all audit requirements requested by the NHSE CISO.
  3. Creating the System Level Security Policy (SLSP) for NBSS.
  4. Documenting and enforcing security policies and procedures to ensure compliance with NCSC standards and regulations.
  5. Investigating security breaches, analysing logs and network traffic to detect suspicious activity, and coordinating response actions to minimize damage.
  6. Educating the team on secure design and coding principles and ensuring adherence to these.
  7. Collaborating with NHS England to design penetration tests.

What Youll Bring to the Team

  1. CISSP certification.
  2. Extensive security engineering or architectural experience in Azure.
  3. Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining security measures.
  4. Proven ability to build and manage relationships with key stakeholders in a complex organisation.
  5. Excellent communication skills.
  6. Deep understanding and experience with UK NCSC Government guidelines and standards.

Please note that successful applicants will be required to pass Security Check (SC) clearance for this role. In order to be considered, you must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years

About Us

Were Hitachi Digital Services, a global digital solutions and transformation business with a bold vision of our worlds potential. Were people-centric and here to power good. Every day, we future-proof urban spaces, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. This is a world where innovation, technology, and deep expertise come together to take our company and customers from whats now to whats next. We make it happen through the power of acceleration.

Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. Were also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). Were always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, youll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

Were proud to say were an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.J-18808-Ljbffr

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