Description
Lead Security Architect - Edinburgh - Inside IR35
Day Rate - up to £700
Duration - 6 months with a view to extend
Our Client is looking for a Lead Security Architect to provide technical security support and guidance to the Census programme and all its workstreams, ensuring that the census designs, architecture and approach are robust and secure and meet internal and external governance requirements. The architect will be operating across the census workstreams and will be working with key third parties to ensure the overall operation meets internal and external policies and standards.
Main Duties
Undertakes technically complex work of a high risk level, working on several Census programme workstreams in parallel. Additionally, you will be required to input into work items that involve improving the wider security posture.
Skills & Experience Required
- Broad and deep technical knowledge covering application, data, technology and security domains with associated experience in designing secure solutions using industry standard tools and techniques.
- Demonstrable experience and track-record of successful delivery of IT security architecture solutions in support of organisational programmes and projects.
- Extensive experience of assuring 3rd party architecture designs and ensuring adherence to agreed policies, standards, and design patterns
- Experience of assuring project outputs against agreed architectural design
- Experience of implementing technical security controls in a variety of organisations, controls could include:- Firewalls, WAF's, Desktop build, Mobile Device Management controls, Web Content, Internet filtering, Email & Messaging, OS builds, Database protection, Application vulnerability mitigations (eg: OWASP); Pen testing assurance, ID&V, Identity mgmt., RBAC, SSO deployment, SoD controls
- Risk management frameworks and tools
Preferred Experience:
- Relevant enterprise/solution architecture qualifications (eg BCS Certificate in Enterprise & Solution Architecture, TOGAF certification etc)
- Relevant security qualification - CISM and/or CISSP