Principal Solution Architect
Location: Bristol - 3 days onsite, with a requirement to travel to customer sites when required (Abbeywood, Corsham, Tewkesbury)
Clearance: Candidates must currently hold DV security clearance (MOD). There is no scope to gain this clearance prior to starting.
We are looking for an experienced Principal Solution Architect to join our clients solution architect team who specialise in design and implementation of complex secure systems.
This position is with an SME who are recognised as Cyber Security and Information Assurance experts, specialising in delivering leading edge consultancy to clients with high-risk business operations, along with a range of security services and products relied upon throughout the Private and Public Sector.
Experience and Knowledge
Demonstrable experience of the following:
* Leading the development of architecture and design artefacts for complex IT requirements.
* Practical delivery and transition of complex IT services from design to live service.
* Coordinating and managing trade-off based on stakeholder needs, project and resource constraints.
* Championing the transformation through defined vision and a compelling set of architecture views, leading the delivery ‘journey’.
* Enabling delivery through the definition of methodologies, approach, team structure, and supporting technologies that enable successful transformation across an engineering lifecycle.
* Shaping policies, principles and standards, aligning IT transformation to these in an organisational/enterprise context, in order to deliver efficiently.
* Driving the full engineering lifecycle to ensure traceability of stakeholder requirements, through all stages, up to and including transition to live.
* Supporting the project delivery management function with accurate and timely planning assumptions.
* Abstracting complexity into project parameters for senior stakeholders.
Knowledge and understanding of core IT technologies and architecture frameworks, including but not limited to:
* Design and Delivery of datacentre infrastructure and networks.
* Design and Delivery of multi-site and geographically dispersed systems.
* Design and Delivery of complex application and service architectures.
* Deployment and use of container technology (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
* The challenges of air-gapped / non-internet connected environments.
* Experience in managing and coordinating Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
* Business analysis and systems engineering methodologies in support of requirements management and architecture development.
* Computer, Network and Cloud Security architectures and controls, System Hardening, Secure Boundary Protection architectures and controls, Cryptographic controls (Data at Rest, Data in Transit, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)), Security Monitoring and System Security Audit.
* National and international security standards including the NIST Cyber Security Framework, Special Publication 800 Series and other industry frameworks.
* Familiarity with TOGAF and Archimate.
* Experience in MOD security policy, processes, and practices (including Joint Service Publications 604, 440).
Essentials
* Full Membership of the British Computer Society (BCS), or equivalent Chartered Institute.
* Relevant education and qualifications in IT, Computer Science or Engineering.
Desirables
* Chartered IT professional (CITP), Chartered Engineer (CEng) or another industry recognised IT certification.
* Relevant certification in CI/CD methodology.
* Relevant vendor certifications (e.g. Microsoft, VMware, Cisco, AWS).
* Relevant certifications in architecture methodologies.
* Relevant certifications in agile delivery methodologies.
* Practical experience implementing NCSC guidance and best practice.
This is a business critical position and we are looking to arrange interviews as soon as possible. To apply, please either do so direct or send your CV to lewis.thomposn@searchability.com.
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