Reference:
SKPSR/SeCy/40
Sector:
Cybersecurity, Strategy & Architecture
Salary:
£90 Per Hour
Town/City:
Reading
Contract Type:
Contract
Closing Date:
17/04/2025
Role: Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead
Contracting Authority: Public Sector
Contract Length: 12 Months
Location: Reading
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate: Up to £90.16 per hour
Clearance: DV Clearance
An exciting opportunity has become available with our prestigious client who is a prominent government department. The client is seeking an experienced Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead to join their welcoming team.
The Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead Role:
• Provide analysis of risks to information systems in order to inform risk owners and project
managers to allow effective decision making
• Provide expert subject matter advice to CISO and other elements of the IS management chain
• Ensure IT projects are provided with timely technical security advice
• Develop and apply the overall security architecture of the organisation and the place within in it of key security controls
• Maintains and promotes high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player
• Work with functions, projects and the supply chain to assess the sources of Information Risk and make recommendations on how these are to be managed
• Provide the lead for maintaining awareness of HMG, MoD and industry best practice in Information Assurance and Information Risk Management
• Determine how the overall security architecture applies to projects under consideration and advise project solution architects on security requirements
• Review high and low level solution designs for compliance with overall security architecture, achievement of security requirements and overall efficacy of the security features and tools
• Facilitate the formal accreditation by MoD of the organisation’s corporate systems and of other specified systems
• Provide an interface between the organisation and the National Technical Authority (NCSC)
• Oversee IT Health Check and Vulnerability Assessments by approving scope of tests and overall testing programme
• Record and track assessments of information capability and projects supporting reviews and audits as necessary
• Provide technical risk assessment analysis
• Develop the professionalism of Information Risk Management within the organisation
• Attend project Security Working Groups and manage when appropriate
What the Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead Will Need:
• Strong Cyber Security Architect experience
• Experience with security tools
• Experience in a Defence / highly classified environments
• Hands on experience in security applications and/or appliances
• Working knowledge of Firewalls, DevOps, Cloud, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
• Strong Technical background
• Endpoint detection experience
• Experience with SEAM, Darktrace, Sentinel – 365 Tools, Elastic/ELK Stack
Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Interviews will take place this week, so please apply immediately to be considered for this exciting contract opportunity.
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