Senior Cyber Security Architect

November 21

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Advisory Services • Analytics • Digital • ERP • Microsoft

201 - 500 employees

Description

• Job Title: Senior Cyber Security Architect • Reporting to: Cyber & Technical Advisory • Salary: £60,000-£80,000 • Job Type: Permanent, full time • Location: Home based (This role will require regular UK travel and at times need you to stay away from home) • Since our establishment in 1990, Methods has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. • Our mission is to improve and safeguard public-facing services. We apply digital thinking to ensure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens. • Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - we have a customer-centric value system whereby we focus on delivering what is right for our clients. • We passionately support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them. • Methods are experts in delivering secure, resilient cyber and information services – keeping systems and data safe. • We help reduce risk and vulnerabilities from cyber-attacks by developing a security road-map tailored to your unique needs. • We help organisations improve processes such as threat management by building an identity management programme, and establishing prevention, detection and response capabilities to cyber-attacks.

Requirements

• An experienced consultant with a background in Cyber Security • Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Information Security related positions • Minimum 3-5 years of experience in security architecture • Cyber Security Certification e.g ISC2 CISSP, ISC2 CCSP, ISACA CISM or similar • Certification in AWS or Azure for Architecture and Security or similar • IASME / Cyber Essentials Plus Certified • Expert knowledge of secure network architecture and technical design • Experience in creating secure architecture in either AWS and/or Azure • Experience providing expert strategy, risk and technical advice, guidance and support on cyber security, both in business-as-usual and for live and planned projects within our clients’ business. • Expected to be the point of escalation for architects in lower grade roles and lead technical design of systems and services • Broad range of cyber and information security skills, knowledge and experience such as security threats and vulnerabilities that impact/and/or emanate from system hardware, software and other infrastructure components, and relevant strategies, controls and activities to prevent, mitigate, detect and resolve security incidents affecting system hardware, software and other infrastructure components. • Experience in gap analysis for specific domains, identify gaps in existing capabilities, service maturity. Identify missing cybersecurity and cyber-resiliency capabilities in alignment with changing business needs, threat land scape and technical requirements to increase the quality of the selected solutions also including topics such as products’ convergence over time and products decommissioning. • Expert knowledge of identifying, developing and communicating threat modelling and understanding the impact of decisions, balancing requirements and deciding between approaches • Research and apply innovative security architecture solutions to new or existing problems and be able to justify and communicate subtle design decisions • Able to develop vision, principles and strategy for security architects for projects or technologies • Demonstrably experienced in working as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team and reach & influence a wide range of people across larger teams and communities. • Excellent stakeholder management, presentation and communication skills, with the ability to interact with senior stakeholders across department and clients • Pro-active approach to personal and professional development. • Work closely with your peers in the security architecture group, service and solution architects, engineers, project teams. • Must hold, or be able to hold, an HMG Security Check (SC) clearance. • Ability to apply standards, practices, codes and assessment of certification programmes relevant to the IT industry and the specific organisation or business domain. • Experience in writing and creating Cyber Security documents i.e. Risk Assessments, ESRM, DPIA etc and produce particular patterns and support quality assurance • Knowledge of the IT/IS infrastructure (e.g databases and LANs) and the IT applications and service processes used within own organisation, including those associated with sustainability and efficiency. • Ability to use any tool or system which provides security access control (e.g Active Directory) • Showing proficiency in the principles and application of cloud/virtualisation (including ownership responsibilities and security implications) and be able to use tools and systems to manage virtualised environments e.g Server/desktop virtualisation and SDDC (Software Defined Data Centre).

Benefits

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience • Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society • Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership • A supportive and collaborative environment • Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training • Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme • Social - office parties, pizza Friday and commitment to charitable causes • Time off 25 days a year • Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution • Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance • Life Assurance of 4 times base salary • Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included) • Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included) • Benefits Platform offering various retail and leisure discounts