Cyber Security Architect – Gloucester (Hybrid)
Location: Gloucester, South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Work type: Hybrid (minimum 3 days a week on site, 37‑hour working week).
Key Responsibilities
* Begin as a Cyber Security Engineer and develop skills, experience, and exposure needed to move into architecture.
* Work closely with experienced security architects and engineers to design and secure systems.
* Contribute to the design and implementation of secure systems to meet HMG security requirements.
* Participate in managing complex technology estates with differing risk profiles.
Essential Experience
* Experience in cybersecurity, infrastructure, or systems engineering.
* Background in roles such as Security Engineer, Systems Engineer, Network Engineer, or SOC Analyst (with strong technical depth).
* Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, firewalls, segmentation), operating systems (Windows/Linux), identity and access management concepts, and cloud fundamentals.
* Exposure to security tooling (SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR).
* Strong understanding of core security principles such as defense‑in‑depth, least privilege, and zero‑trust concepts.
* Experience managing complex technology estates with differing risk profiles.
Desirable Information
* Information‑security related certifications such as Security+, CISSP, CISM, GSEC, SSCP.
Benefits
* Competitive salary.
* Contributory pension scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
* Life assurance with pension at six times salary.
* 25 days holiday plus statutory public holidays; opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days.
* Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
* Flexible benefits scheme with salary sacrifice options (Health Cashplan, Dental, Cycle to Work).
* Enhanced sick pay.
* Enhanced family‑friendly policies (maternity, paternity, shared parental leave).
* Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
Work Culture
* 37‑hour working week with flexibility; early 1:30pm finish on Friday.
* Remote, hybrid and site‑based working opportunities depending on role needs.
* Flexible working culture focused on output; formal flexible arrangements on request.
Equal Employment Opportunity
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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