IT Security Architect

Security Architect (SC Clearable)

Fulltime

Permanent

Salary - £85-110k basic plus benefits

Location: London hybrid (2-3 days per week in office)

Are you an experienced Security Architect with strong knowledge of IT security architecture across multiple domains and technologies such as Okta, AWS, MS Sentinel, Nozomi, Zscaler and Cloudstrike among others?

Are you looking for a new permanent role with a global organisation that offers excellent benefits and career progression along with hybrid working?

ARM is recruiting for a Full time permanent experienced Security Architect to work for our global technology client.

Our client:

They're a leading business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and they undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Their advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.

Their Public Safety & Defence Sector division is growing rapidly, and they are looking for experienced lead pre-sales solution architects to join the team. We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are capable of working at pace: rapidly getting up to speed with new requirements and shaping compelling, innovative and differentiated solutions for our customers.

What to Expect:

You will use your background in Security Architecture to support our clients by;

• Work in the capabilities phases of the systems development life cycle; unpacking and translating technology security requirements, business and environmental conditions (eg, law and regulations) into enterprise security architecture patterns and processes at contextual, conceptual or logical levels.
• Draw upon Enterprise Security Architecture or Security Solutions Architecture experience to:
• Identify
  • Business objectives, goals, attributes and strategies.
  • Enterprise; assets, systems, and information processes to support enterprise mission needs
  • Stakeholder security requirements for protecting the organisation's mission and business processes.
  • Risk, threats, assumptions, issues and dependencies, as well as the required controls to manage the risks.
• Define
  • Strategic, tactical and operational client Enterprise Security Architectures or Security Solution Architecture options
  • Information Technology (IT)/OT/Network principles for Security, and the requirements that baseline the target architectures
  • Conceptual, Contextual, Logical, Organisational and Operational Security Architectures, mapping to architectures
  • Security controls in line with good industry Security practices (for example: NIST, ISO, CIS, NCSC, etc.), and relevant UK Cyber Regulation and Standards.
• Review, challenge/validate
  • Client requirements and supporting Use Cases
  • Solution and segment architectures align to business mission and processes
• Oversee, evaluate, and support
  • Documentation, validation, assessment, and authorisation processes necessary to assure new and existing information
  • Discovery and audits, for extraction of findings and documentation of recommendations
  • The adoption of Cyber/Technology Security Controls Frameworks (NIST/ISO/ISF/COBIT/etc.) and using this to implement solutions.
• Demonstrate

What's Important:

It starts with amazing people, challenging projects and a work environment that supports the creation of tangible solutions that make an impact. You will need to have a security architecture background and evidence your experience in a number of the following fields of expertise:

• Subject matter knowledge in Security Architecture with one or more field of specific Security domain expertise (for example: PAM/IAM, Cloud, IoT, Threat Profiling, etc.)
• Your ability to take both clients and colleagues on a journey.
• Applied knowledge of concepts and principles of 'Secure by Design' and 'Zero Trust'
• Experience of leading Security presales opportunities through the sales life cycle, including pricing & commercials
• Experienced in shaping a variety of end to end control requirements across; application, systems and infrastructure, in Cloud (inc. O/D365, AWS, Azure, GCP) and On-Prem.
• Multi-year client-facing project and presentation experience in a professional services environment.
• Strong influencer, with a wide range of styles, having ability to build good working relationships with delivery partners and differing stakeholder levels within an organisation.
• Evidence of continued personal growth attaining necessary further architectural and security qualifications and learning (such as; Open CA, TOGAF, SABSA, CCSK, ACSP, CCSP, CCSS, ACSA, CISSIP-ISSAP, CNDA).
• MUST have experience in the architecture of more than two of the following:

• Microsoft: AD, Key Vault, Entra
• Microsoft: Sentinel, Lighthouse, Defender
• Microsoft: Purview
• AWS: IAM/Detection & Response/Data Protection/Compliance
• Nozomi/Claroty
• Cloudstrike/Vectra
• Zscaler/Netskope
• Akamai/Noname
• Okta/SailPoint/CyberArk

• Ability to operate in demanding situations whilst still having relentless drive to deliver with enthusiasm.
• Work within a wide range of styles, having ability to build good working relationships with delivery teams and stakeholders
• Must be able to communicate with architects, business people, and technologists.
• Willingness to learn new Security skills and build experience from working in different security domains
• We also work within Public Sector clients where UK Gov. Defence Vetting to such as SC is required, as such you hold or be eligible to hold UK Gov vetting.
• A valid right to work in the UK.

Standard benefits are:

• Private medical insurance or health cash plan
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• 25 days holiday
• Holiday trading
• Generous pension scheme

Benefits you can add include:

• Discounted gym membership
• Dental insurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel insurance

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.