Security Architects advise and enable technical teams to make security decisions and provide advice and guidance, ensuring the effective use of common tools and patterns.
As a Security Architect you will create and design security for a system or service, maintain security documentation and develop architecture patterns and security approaches to new technologies.
You will have a proactive responsibility to deliver secure systems and implement proportionate controls to enable business outcomes.
What You'll Do:
* Advising on security considerations for a system or service, maintaining security documentation and developing architecture patterns and security approaches to new technologies.
* Analysing the current environment to detect critical security deficiencies and ensuring fixes are implemented in line with policies.
* Maintaining awareness of developments in the security and technology industry to ensure that the technology landscape is kept secure in line with industry standard.
* Recommending security controls and identifying solutions that support a business objective.
* Providing specialist advice and recommending approaches across teams (including Engineering, DevOps and Architecture) to formulate solution and conceptual architecture, advising on key security related technologies and assessing the risk associated with proposed changes.
* Inspiring and influencing others to execute security standards, policies and principles.
What You'll Bring:
You'll have a demonstrable passion for Security Architecture, with the following skills or some experience in:
* Designing secure system architectures through the application of patterns and principles, to meet user needs whilst managing risks.
* Making and guiding effective decisions on risk, based on information assurance risk assessment methodology, explaining clearly how the decision has been reached.
* Applying security concepts to a technical level, working with security tools, network security infrastructure technologies, and Information Security Management frameworks (e.g. ISO 21001, CoBIT and SOX).
* Understanding NCSC information security guidance and architecture patterns.
* Understanding architecture methodology e.g. SABSA, TOGAF.
* Scoping and working with penetration testing.
At the Home Office, your work has real-world impact, shaping the safety and security of millions. We offer:
* Meaningful Work: Contribute to critical national security and public service initiatives.
* Career Growth: Benefit from tailored development frameworks and professional communities.
* Flexible Working: Balance your professional and personal life with hybrid work options.
* Diversity and Inclusion: Join a workplace where your unique background and talents are celebrated.
Benefits include:
* Exceptional pension: Employer contribution of 28.97%.
* Generous leave: 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service), 8 public holidays, and 1 day for the King's Birthday.
* Flexible working: Options include full-time, part-time, compressed hours, job sharing, and a hybrid model (minimum 60% on-site).
* Learning and development: Access to training, technical accreditations, and funded qualifications (subject to approval).
* Recognition and inclusion: A culture that champions diversity, enhanced parental leave schemes, annual bonuses, and recognition awards.
This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you must typically have been resident in the UK for at least five years. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor visas.
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