What you’ll be doing
1. You will lead and/or be accountable for defining security solution architectures as required across the business with a demonstrable level of expertise and capability for solution definition which includes governance, compliance, standards, risk, design patterns, collaboration, metric implementation, and guardrail management
2. You will work collaboratively with the Enterprise Architects, bringing solution specific expertise into decision making
3. You will support strategic architecture projects with detailed security solution architecture input ensuring that solutions are created securely with consideration to business outcomes and value
4. You will always ensure that solutions are created with an absolute focus on overarching usability, and the associated service wrap. All solutions must always make a provable, tangible contribution to the value of a dependent service and integrate and complement one another, where appropriate
5. You will create solution patterns and briefing documents that are reusable, repeatable, and transferable
6. You will work collaboratively with both business and technical teams to help deliver security solutions including overseeing implementations of designs
7. You will develop and own roadmaps for security technologies and processes that align to relevant strategies, policies, standards and practices
8. You will support enterprise architects during vendor selection to help choose vendors that meet business requirement and drive the best value for money
9. You will contribute to research including proof of concept and proof of value initiatives
10. You will need to understand the implications of transformation by working with business technology stakeholders
Skills Required for the Role
11. Be self-motivated, organised, proactive and flexible in your approach to work
12. Be comfortable both challenging and working to strict deadlines
13. Ability to visualise, articulate and solve complex problems and concepts
14. Excellent communication and presentations skills with the ability to adapt to the target audience
15. The ability to interpret stakeholders needs, business and technical issues
16. Have an enquiring mind, thirst for knowledge and a willingness to learn
Experience Required for the Role
17. Evidence of delivery in solution architecture in large scale complex environments
18. Familiarity of the processes and artefacts associated with EA frameworks such as TOGAF
19. A background that includes cyber security, ideally with operational/delivery /forensics/etc.
20. Experience of contributing to or producing business cases, gaining approval from stakeholders and ensuring delivery of business benefits
21. Have experience in being a subject matter expert in a technology field
22. Qualifications: Possess a recognised formal security qualification in security such as CISSP, CISM, or have equivalent experience such as 5+ years in a security role
Benefits
23. On target 10% on target bonus
24. BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
25. From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
26. Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
27. 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
28. 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
29. 2 weeks carer’s leave
30. World-class training and development opportunities
31. Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.