Date Posted: 2022-09-12-07:00 Country: United Kingdom Location: GBRMAN111: Exchange Quay Manchester, 5 Exchange Quay, Salford, M5 3EF Job title: Security Architect Locations: Manchester / Gloucester / London / Remote Options If you have any further questions or queries about this role feel free to message the team: nsc.recruitmentraytheon.co.uk Looking for something different in your career? Join Raytheon make a real difference in the fight against cyber-crime. Summary of role A fantastic opportunity to join Raytheon UK in London, Manchester or Gloucester. We develop software using a variety of Agile methodologies. You will be part of a growing team, working alongside world class partner organisations. Main duties of the position To be the Security Architect for a particular domain or engagement responsible for mission critical software solutions. You will be part of a leadership team collaborating with agile software teams. Key Responsibilities: Discover, Define and evolve strategic security architectures for complex software based systems applicable at an enterprise or organisational level. Work with the Solution Architect to ensure the appropriate security is applied to the architectural roadmap for your domain, considering the horizons required to support your Product Manager. Partner with senior stakeholders to ensure security architecture designs balance risk with fulfil functional and non-functional requirements and align with broader architectural goals. Act as the Subject Matter Expert for the domain or engagement and able to communicate risks and impacts of design changes to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Counsel risk owners on security implications of decisions, giving them clarity on the trade offs of their decisions. Key contributor & independent reviewer at enterprise level architecture reviews. Personal development of key technical team members through coaching and mentoring. Act as an authority on tool, process and environment selection. Keep abreast of relevant technology changes and incorporate into security architecture roadmaps as applicable. Bring technical context of the wider business to your domain Promote and share technical decisions and choices made in your domain with the wider business Set the security guard rails for your domain, ensuring alignment to organisational guardrails. Candidate Requirements Essential Skills The suitable candidate must have demonstrable experience as a security architect or security lead on projects of significant size and complexity. They will have extensive skills in the following areas: Designing secure systems for critical applications. Particularly designing for high availability, scale and resilience. Working with or in teams who use different software design paradigms, specifically Micro Services, Distributed Systems, Hexagonal Architecture and Big Data Platforms. Articulating complex designs and concepts to both technical and business stakeholders. Translating business outcomes into technical approaches. Influencing business and technical stakeholders to convey approaches and suggest ideas. Building productive working relationships with technical stakeholders Creating high-level architectural roadmaps Translating theoretical concepts into real world designs Designing secure architectures with cloud (and hybrid cloud) technologies and distributed systems Applying control objectives in such a way that is appropriate for the context. Structured and unstructured storage of data Working in or with Agile teams using SCRUM or Kanban Working in or with Agile teams utilising secure development practices Applying Zero Trust principles to system designs Desirable Skills Experience working with industry standard frameworks such as; ISO27001 & NCSC Cloud Security Principles. Experience building enterprise level applications or services Experience with high performance distributed systems Experience Working within a SAFe delivery construct Experience of Data Analytics and Visualization Experience of Big Data Technologies Experience practicing high quality engineering practices such as TDD, Pair programming, strong encapsulation, DevOps techniques and SOLID principles Key Behaviours Good interpersonal skills for customer liaison Good written and oral communication skills Good time management, organization and prioritization skills An inquisitive mind and a desire to promote innovation Ability to work under pressure Willingness to travel if required About Raytheon UK Raytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. Across the country Raytheon UK employs 1,700 people and supports 8,000 jobs. As a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest in research and development, supporting innovation and technological advances. Raytheon UK is a landed company, part of the Raytheon Technologies organisation and sits within the Raytheon Intelligence & Space business About Raytheon Technologies Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defence company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises four industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defence. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cyber security. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Raytheon Career Development: Raytheon has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career. Activities range from on-line learning modules, to external training and support for taking professional qualifications relevant to your role. Standard Benefits: 25 days holiday statutory public holidays Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution) 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice scheme’s. Enhanced sick pay scheme Enhanced Family Friendly Policies, including enhanced Maternity & Shared Parental leave. 37hr working week, with an early finish Friday (hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site specifics arrangements). Flexible working arrangements can be considered wherever we can (depending on the role) so please enquire or highlight any request to our Recruitment team to explore flexible working possibilities. Diversity: Diversity is a core business imperative at Raytheon. We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes inclusiveness and always employs the best professionals for the job. Having a diverse workforce allows Raytheon to draw upon a range of different ideas and experiences which supports growing our business and creates an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity for success. Raytheon UK pro-actively encourages diversity of ideas, thoughts, and networking opportunities and has created Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including Raytheon Women's Network, YesNet (Young Employees Success Network), Raytheon Reservist Network (RaRe), Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities (RADA), RayPride and all work together with our Diversity & Inclusion council, and all Raytheon employees are welcome to participate regardless of their background. As a proud contributor to the HM Armed Forces, Raytheon UK signed the HM Armed Forces covenant in 2014. Due to the varied activities and support to our Armed Forces & Reservists, Raytheon UK has since been awarded the prestigious Covenant ‘Gold Award’ Employee Recognition. Security All successful applicants must be eligible & willing to obtain a SC clearance with the view to progressing to DV level which would be sponsored by Raytheon UK. 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