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
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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 fulfilling 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 them 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 guardrails for your domain, ensuring alignment to organisational guardrails.
Candidate Requirements
Essential Skills
* Demonstrable experience as a security architect or security lead on projects of significant size and complexity.
* Extensive skills in designing secure systems for critical applications, particularly for high availability, scale and resilience.
* Experience working with or in teams using different software design paradigms, specifically Micro Services, Distributed Systems, Hexagonal Architecture, and Big Data Platforms.
* Ability to articulate complex designs and concepts to both technical and business stakeholders.
* Experience translating business outcomes into technical approaches.
* Ability to influence business and technical stakeholders to convey approaches and suggest ideas.
* Experience building productive working relationships with technical stakeholders.
* Ability to create high-level architectural roadmaps.
* Experience translating theoretical concepts into real-world designs.
* Experience designing secure architectures with cloud (and hybrid cloud) technologies and distributed systems.
* Ability to apply control objectives appropriately for the context.
* Experience with structured and unstructured storage of data.
* Experience working in or with Agile teams using SCRUM or Kanban.
* Experience working in or with Agile teams utilizing secure development practices.
* Experience 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 in Data Analytics and Visualization.
* Experience with 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.
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 schemes.
* 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).
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.
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.
Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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