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On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Security Architect (Inside IR35) for an 8 Month contract based Remotely (Occasional travel to Swindon).
Join a high-impact Security Foundation and Resilience Project as part of a multi-year programme to enhance UKRI’s IT security posture. You’ll work closely with internal architecture teams and external consultants to deliver secure, scalable solutions.
As a Security Architect your main responsibilities will be to:
* Produce conceptual and physical security designs, including initial review of third party designs to comply with the target and enterprise architecture standards.
* Conduct option analysis and provide recommendations to meet design standards, including development of key design decisions and risk impact assessments.
* Support the transition of designs in coordination with operational teams.
* Manage security design governance for the project, ensuring designs are fit for purpose and ready for approval at governance boards.
* Work in close integration with the BAU architecture team, under the guidance of the Principal Security Architect.
Essential:
* Experience deploying the full suite of tools within Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview under M365 E5 security licensing.
* Experience deploying Microsoft Sentinel and/or MS LogRhythm within enterprise architecture.
* In-depth experience of Security Architecture, Operations, Governance and Tooling across;
* M365 Security Tools
* Security Architecture
* Security Governance & Assurance
* Security Roadmaps
* Experience designing and deploying within a cloud security reference architecture, preferably Microsoft cloud reference architecture.
* Ability to design SOC and SOAR blueprints.
* Familiar with secure-by-design principles, Government Security Standards and NCSC / international security frameworks.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Disability Confident
As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
Armed Forces Commitment
UKRI guarantees to interviewveterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, wewill interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".
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