Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead - Developed Vetting

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:

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

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Determine how the overall security architecture applies to projects under consideration and advise project solution architects on security requirements.
• 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.
• Oversee IT Health Check and Vulnerability Assessments by approving scope of tests and overall testing programme
• Record and track assessments of information capability and projects supporting reviews and audits as necessary.
• Provide technical risk assessment analysis.
• Develop the professionalism of Information Risk Management
• Attend project Security Working Groups and manage when appropriate.

Criteria

• Strong cyber security architect
• Familiar with security tools
• Has worked in a defence industry previously
• Has had hands on experience in security applications and/or appliances
• Security Architect skills

Good working knowledge of the following:

• Firewalls
• DevOps
• Cloud
• intrusion detection systems (IDS)
• intrusion prevention systems (IPS)
• Experience more important than qualifications
• Has worked in highly classified environments
• Technical background
• Endpoint detection

Technologies

• SEAM
• Darktrace
• Sentinel - 365 Tools
• Elastic/ELK Stack

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