Cyber Security Architect

Cyber Security Architect

Melksham / Hybrid Working

£70,000 - £80,000 + benefits

Are you an experienced Cyber Security Architect looking for your next challenge? If so, this could be the ideal opportunity for you. My client, a world-leading specialist design and manufacturing business with an excellent reputation, is currently looking to recruit a Cyber Security Architect to join the team.

Reporting directly into the CISO, you will be a key player in the ongoing IT Cybersecurity (NIST/CMMC/CE+ and other relevant standards) compliance efforts and apply expertise and experience in the information security field as a senior member of the Cybersecurity team. You will lead the plan, build, and run phases of the Secure Architecture pillar of the Information Security landscape. Working directly with the Cybersecurity team and alongside the wider IT team, this role will provide support across the entire Cybersecurity landscape, with a strong bias on Security Architecture.

Key responsibilities

• Develop a complete understanding of the company's technology and information systems.
• Design, build, implement, and support enterprise-class security systems.
• Align organizational security strategy and infrastructure with overall business and technology strategy.
• Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats.
• Design security architecture elements to mitigate threats as they emerge.
• Plan, research, and design robust security architectures for IT infrastructure and systems.
• Perform or supervise vulnerability testing, risk analyses, and security assessments.
• Create solutions that balance business requirements with information and cybersecurity requirements.
• Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements.
• Review and approve configuration and installation of all network infrastructure, security devices, and any systems or services as it pertains to risk, security, and compliance.
• Test security systems to ensure they behave as expected.
• Provide supervision and guidance to the security team, including coaching and mentoring for more junior team members.
• Define, implement, and maintain corporate security policies and procedures.
• Respond immediately to security-related incidents and provide thorough remedial solutions and analysis.
• Regularly communicate vital information, security needs, and priorities to upper management.

Skills and Experience required

• Proven previous experience within a similar Security Architecture position.
• Strong working knowledge of IT risks, cyber security, and computer operating software.
• Advanced understanding of security protocols, cryptography, and security.
• Experience implementing multi-factor authentication.
• Experience implementing security solutions.
• Experience with the NIST Cyber Security Framework or similar.
• Good interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate (verbal and written) technical solutions.
• Involvement in technical projects and changes in area of specialization.
• Good general IT skills including use of general office applications.
• Appreciation of support of IT systems in a large organization, using the ITIL framework.
• Capable of maintaining technical documentation.
• Be able to demonstrate a proactive and creative problem-solving aptitude and teamwork within a diverse multi-disciplined team.
• Energetic, enthusiastic, and driven to learn new skills and apply them to meet organizational needs.
• Ability to work under own initiative within established procedures.