Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead - Developed Vetting

Parker Shaw
england, united kingdom
4 days ago
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We are currently recruiting for an experienced Cyber Security Architectural Leader to work a 12–month contract fully on–site in Aldermaston near Reading.

Key Accountabilities:

  1. Provide analysis of risks to information systems in order to inform risk owners and project managers to allow effective decision making.
  2. Provide expert subject matter advice to CISO and other elements of the IS management chain.
  3. Ensure IT projects are provided with timely technical security advice.
  4. Develop and apply the overall security architecture of the organisation and the place within it of key security controls.
  5. Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Work with functions, projects and the supply chain to assess the sources of Information Risk and make recommendations on how these are to be managed.
  2. Determine how the overall security architecture applies to projects under consideration and advise project solution architects on security requirements.
  3. Review high and low level solution designs for compliance with overall security architecture, achievement of security requirements and overall efficacy of the security features and tools.
  4. Oversee IT Health Check and Vulnerability Assessments by approving scope of tests and overall testing programme.
  5. Record and track assessments of information capability and projects supporting reviews and audits as necessary.
  6. Provide technical risk assessment analysis.
  7. Develop the professionalism of Information Risk Management.
  8. Attend project Security Working Groups and manage when appropriate.

Criteria:

  1. Strong cyber security architect.
  2. Familiar with security tools.
  3. Has worked in a defence industry previously.
  4. Has had hands-on experience in security applications and/or appliances.
  5. Security Architect skills.

Good working knowledge of the following:

  1. Firewalls.
  2. DevOps.
  3. Cloud.
  4. Intrusion detection systems (IDS).
  5. Intrusion prevention systems (IPS).
  6. Experience more important than qualifications.
  7. Has worked in highly classified environments.
  8. Technical background.
  9. Endpoint detection.

Technologies:

  1. SEAM.
  2. Darktrace.
  3. Sentinel – 365 Tools.
  4. Elastic/ELK Stack.

If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role, please do apply now.

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