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
· Excellent command of cybersecurity organisation practices, operations risk management processes, principles, architectural requirements, engineering threats and vulnerabilities, including incident response methodologies
· Keen understanding of national and international laws, regulations, policies and ethics related to financial industry cybersecurity
· Experience and understanding of both the roles and interlock between enterprise & solution architecture
· Experience in both operational and transformation cybersecurity roles or a clear working understanding of both perspectives
· Experience working in large-scale IT transformation programmes
Identity & Access Management
· Secrets Management: Experience of designing solutions using SM tools such as HashiCorp Vault
· Experience of developing secrets management patterns and championing designs through architecture governance forums
· Experience of designing or implementing Workload Identity Frameworks within large scale enterprises
· Capable of defining secrets management strategy and influencing the future direction of secrets management within the bank
· Federated Identity Management: Enabling identity sharing and single sign-on across different organisations or domains.
· Privileged Access Management (PAM): Securing, controlling, and monitoring access to critical systems by privileged users.
· Authentication Protocols: Implementing secure authentication mechanisms like Kerberos, OAuth, and SAML.
· Privileged Access Management (PAM): Securing, controlling, and monitoring access to critical systems by privileged users.
· Authentication Protocols: Implementing secure authentication mechanisms like Kerberos, OAuth, and SAML.
Qualifications & Certifications:
· Masters or Doctorate degree in cybersecurity, computer science, software engineering, or related field
· CISSP/CISM certification or other broad cybersecurity industry-recognised certificate
· SABSA or TOGAF certified preferred
Job Type: Freelance
Pay: £400.00-£480.00 per day