Security Architect
i-confidential
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
À propos
Security Architect
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We are looking for a Security Architect/Security Design Engineer with experience in Software & Application Design to join an existing team with one of our financial services clients. Applicants will need to attend a client office 3 days per week; location can be a choice of Edinburgh, Sheffield, Birmingham or Manchester.
The role involves managing end-to-end solution design and delivering design documents in line with functional and non‑functional business requirements, strategies, principles, standards and patterns. Alongside the creation of high‑level designs, you will publish new architecture patterns, key decisions, design deviations and technical risks and issues where appropriate.
Support and maintain the in‑house developed web application with an Azure‑hosted Data Lake backend, used for firewall rule recertification for CheckPoint, Illumio and Fortinet. The role involves architecting new features to incorporate requirements to support WAF, Network Segmentation and Proxy capabilities, and assisting with re‑platforming the service to new infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Manage end‑to‑end solution design and deliver design documents.
Publish new architecture patterns, key decisions, design deviations and technical risks/issue records.
Support and maintain the in‑house web application and Azure‑hosted Data Lake backend.
Architect new features to support WAF, Network Segmentation and Proxy capabilities.
Assist with re‑platforming to new infrastructure.
Present reference architecture to design authorities and articulate deep technical concepts to a broad range of stakeholders.
Ensure all design artefacts undergo appropriate peer review prior to design authority presentation.
Effectively manage and escalates technical and project risks or issues.
Articulate solutions and remediation steps to technical risks & issues.
Map design decisions to resultant technical risks & issues to articulate causes and rationale.
Qualifications & Experience
Significant experience and proven technical depth in software architecture.
System Design – design complex systems using architecture patterns.
Data Modelling – create data models by defining data structures and produce entity relationship diagrams.
API Design – integrate various systems using robust API frameworks.
Broad background across information technology and ability to communicate clearly with non‑security technical SMEs.
Experience and understanding of both enterprise & solution architecture and their interlock.
Experience in operational and transformation cybersecurity roles or a clear working understanding of both perspectives.
Experience working in large‑scale IT transformation programmes.
Ability to manage separation of control from technical design authority responsibilities, representing at technical and security design authorities to ensure solutions are secure.
Experience ensuring compliance with security controls to identify control gaps, develop remediation plans and determine residual risk across local and national programmes.
Working experience with CheckPoint, Illumio, and/or Fortinet or similar firewall technology.
Experience with BizzDesign, Archi, or generic UML visualisation for high‑level designs.
High proficiency and expertise in Jira for project & task management.
Working proficiency in Confluence for documentation.
Provide assurance, support and oversight of solution designs and support engineering teams in delivering and executing strategic technology deployments.
Ensure solution designs align with published reference architecture.
Provide technical expertise & consultation to transformative programmes of work within the security domain.
Influence business and technology executives to align initiatives with standardised offerings, engaging to understand business requirements, threats and risks.
Clear understanding of both the motivations of the business and technical security.
Governance & Risk Management
Present reference architecture to design authorities and articulate deep technical concepts to a broad range of stakeholders in both large forums and smaller deep‑dive sessions.
Ensure all reference architecture, high‑level designs, architecture patterns, decision records, deviation requests and technical risk or issue records undergo architectural and project governance processes.
Present publications at technical design authorities for input, feedback and approval.
Effectively manage and escalates technical and project risks or issues.
Articulate solutions and remediation steps to technical risks & issues.
Map design decisions to resultant technical risks & issues to articulate causes and rationale.
Contract will be inside IR35. The role is hybrid, requiring attendance in the client office 3 days per week, any of Edinburgh, Sheffield, Birmingham or Manchester.
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Compétences linguistiques
- English
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