Job Title: Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead
Location: Aldermaston, UK
Job Type: Full-time contract, 12 Months
Job Purpose:
To provide specialist information security oversight, advice, and guidance to the Department’s projects and functions on all aspects of information security, ensuring that functions involving classified information assets, materials, and equipment are managed with an acceptable risk regime.
Key Accountabilities:
* Analyze risks to information systems to inform risk owners and project managers for effective decision-making.
* Provide expert advice to the CISO and the IS management chain.
* Ensure IT projects receive timely technical security advice.
* Develop and implement the organization’s security architecture and key security controls.
* Maintain high standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality, and promote teamwork.
Key Responsibilities:
* Assess sources of information risk with functions, projects, and supply chain, recommending management strategies.
* Maintain awareness of government and industry best practices in Information Assurance and Risk Management.
* Determine security architecture application to projects and advise solution architects on security requirements.
* Review solution designs for compliance and efficacy of security features.
* Facilitate formal accreditation of systems by the government department.
* Interface with the National Technical Authority (NCSC).
* Oversee IT Health Checks and Vulnerability Assessments, including scope and testing programs.
* Track assessments, reviews, and audits of information capabilities and projects.
* Provide technical risk assessments.
* Develop professionalism in Information Risk Management within the department.
* Participate in and manage project Security Working Groups.
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