Job Profile – Lead Security Solution Architect-106885
Location: UK - Sheffield (Hybrid
Mandatory Skills: Privilege Password Management CyberArk .
Experience: 8-10 Years
The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.
Project Overview
* Client is working on a strategic Identity and Access Management programme and is re-shaping the way Authentication, Federation, Privileged Access Management, Access Governance, Secrets Management and API Security is done across the bank.
* Client is working on uplifting controls and capabilities in privileged access for the Group and introducing the strategic password vaulting solution that will enable to meet strategic requirements.
* Security Solution Architects manage end-to-end solution design and are responsible for delivering architecture design documents in line with functional and non-functional business requirements, strategies, principles, standards, and patterns.
* Alongside the creation of high-level designs, Security Solution Architects will be required to record key decisions, design deviations, and technical risks and issues where appropriate.
* Security Solution Architects should be comfortable presenting and sharing solutions at design authorities and senior leadership & stakeholders.
* The Lead Security Solution Architect will provide technical thought leadership and direction to their project team and may represent the project / programme as subject matter expert.
Principal Preferred Requirements
Cybersecurity Expertise:
* Significant experience and proven technical depth within one of the following domains of cybersecurity; security operations & incident response, threat & vulnerability management, identity & access management, cryptography, infrastructure, network, application, data, cloud
* Broad background across information technology with the ability to communicate clearly with non-security technical SMEs at a comfortable level
* Experience working with PAM solutions such as CyberArk, Centrify, Delinea and OneIdentity
* Preparing end-to-end configuration of the strategic PAM capability – including on-prem deployments as well as Cloud native toolings
Architecture & Design:
* Produce, manage, and update end-to-end solution designs in line with reference architecture & business requirements (including High and Low Level Designs
* Articulate and publish key design decision records and options to ensure all solutions follow a logical, transparent decision-making process
* Articulate, publish, and ensure approval of any design deviations resulting in technical debt
* Ensure any technical risks or issues arising from a solution design are recorded and mitigated.
* Produces, manages and translates the requirements into the architecture for that solution, ensuring technology and services meet the customer needs and expected business outcomes
* Ensures the design of the solutions are efficient, timely and cost effective throughout the project lifecycle
* Promote strong documentation and clerkship
Governance:
* Ensures all high-level designs, architecture patterns, decision records, deviation requests, and technical risks or issue records undergo architectural and project governance processes
* Ensure all architecture artefacts undergo appropriate peer review prior to design authority presentation
* Present publications at technical design authorities for input, feedback, and approval
Risk and Dependency Management:
* Effectively manages and escalates both technical and project risks or issues
* Articulates solutions and remediation steps to technical risks & issues
* Provides technical thought leadership to the Design Team and the Project
* Ability to manage a project team of technical architects, engineers, and/or analyst
Qualifications & Certifications:
* CISSP/CISM certification or other broad cybersecurity industry-recognised certificate
* SABSA or TOGAF certified preferred