Program / Security Architect

Job Type: Contract
Posted: almost 3 years ago
Contact: Ben Neal
Discipline:
Reference: 213313_1621390488

About the Role

The Program / Security Architect's role provides guidance and assistance to ensure technical alignment and good governance practices are adhered to across a program of work. The person in this role will provide day-to-day assurance and technical advice to Security Architects and other resources delivering projects under the program.

Key Responsibilities

  • Technical evaluation requirements and assessments for RPIs, RFPs and Proof of Concepts (POCs)
  • Development of (or contribution to) the Preliminary Solution Architecture key deliverable for the Evaluation phase
  • Presents the preliminary solution and any architecture decisions, risks and issues to architecture governance boards for endorsement
  • Develop (or contribute to) the full Solution Architecture deliverable
  • Present the full solution and any architecture decisions, risks and issues to the governance boards for endorsement
  • Provides technical assurance and architectural assistance to the service provider selected for the project delivery
  • Review other project deliverables such as Detailed Design documents, Interface Specifications, Test Strategy, etc.

Mandatory Experience

  • 8+ years' experience across development, architecture and consulting - witnessed successful and unsuccessful project implementations
  • 5+ years' experience as a Solution Architect on major projects in the security domain
  • 5+ years' experience implementing medium to large-scale distributed applications

Desirable Experience

  • Experience with architecture and implementation of various security-related solutions (Examples could include: identity & access management; vulnerability management; threat modelling; enterprise key management; etc.)
  • Expert in Technical Architecture - principles, methods, techniques and tools for the effective management of Technical Architecture. TOGAF certification desirable
  • ITIL or ITSM knowledge or certification
  • CISSP, SABSA knowledge or certification
  • Ability to communicate to both management and technical development teams
  • Experience in identity and access management

If this sounds like you, then please apply and contact Ben Neal for more information on 0380807217

Looking forward to hearing from you!