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Lead Security Architect

Employer
Hays.
Location
United Kingdom, Croydon
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
16 Jun 2021

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Do you thrive on the challenges of protecting an organisation from Cyber threats? This is an exciting opportunity where you will be performing a key role within the OCISO function of the Home Office to protect the organisation from Cyber threats.

Job Responsibilities

As the Lead Security Architect you will provide an 'out-reach' service to your business areas to advise on security requirements and solutions to enable technical teams to make security decisions, ensuring the effective use of common tools and products.

You will build effective partnerships with diverse teams across multiple locations and technologies, and effectively communicate security and risk implications across technical and non-technical stakeholders. You will also manage other Security Architects, covering critical review architecture guidelines and be responsible for their training and development.

We will see that a successful Lead Security Architect holds the following Essential Skills:

  • Experience of leading and evaluating the secure design of major products, services and input to complex solutions, challenging outmoded concepts and driving improvements with innovative, creating precedents and setting direction
  • Ability to make and guide effective decisions on risks, based on information assurance risk assessment methodology, explaining clearly how the decision has been reached
  • Ability to apply security concepts to a technical level across multiple projects, working with security tools, network security infrastructure technologies, and information security management frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST)
  • Experience of working with penetration testing and effectively translating cyber risk analysis into standards, patterns and approaches to enable the safe exploitation of current and emerging technologies

What's on offer

As an employer of choice, the Home Office offers an extensive benefits package including:
  • A competitive salary package consisting of:
£57,144 - £63,175 * Candidates who can demonstrate a suitable level of proficiency at interview stage may be entitled to an additional Recruitment and Retention Allowance of £8500
  • Excellent pension scheme
  • 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 10 year's service in the Home Office) plus 8 bank holidays and 1 additional day for the Queen's Birthday
  • Training & development - Career progression
  • Flexible working to support a healthy work life balance

Please note, this application would be an expression of interest, a formal application will need to be made via civil service jobs. Further instructions on this will be provided once Hays have received your CV and suitability for the role.

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