Solutions Architect

Cyber Security Solution Architect – Financial Services We're working with a major organisation within the financial services sector that is undertaking a significant transformation of its cybersecurity and vulnerability management technology estate. The organisation operates a complex security environment covering application and infrastructure security scanning, vulnerability management, cloud services and security reporting. As part of a major programme to simplify and enhance these capabilities, they are looking for an experienced Cyber Security Solution Architect to join the engineering function. The role: Working closely with engineering, security and architecture teams, you'll take ownership of the technical design of systems and services across a large-scale cybersecurity environment. You'll be responsible for:

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Leading the technical and solution design of cybersecurity systems and services
Reviewing proposed technology changes and identifying architectural risks, gaps and security considerations
Producing architecture and solution design documentation
Taking designs through relevant design authority and governance processes
Ensuring solutions align with wider security architecture principles and business requirements
Designing solutions across cloud, Kubernetes and on-premise environments
Supporting secure software delivery across CI/CD, DevOps and DevSecOps
Providing architectural guidance around security technologies and proposed changes
Working closely with engineering teams, security specialists, business analysts and senior stakeholders
Supporting architecture patterns and quality assurance across engineering
Keeping up to date with emerging cybersecurity and cloud technologies
What we're looking for Strong experience as a Solution Architect , ideally within cybersecurity or another highly regulated environment
Extensive background in information security and/or IT risk management
Strong knowledge of cloud architecture , particularly GCP
Strong experience with Kubernetes
5+ years' experience developing application and service architectures
Good understanding of application, infrastructure and integration architecture
Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, SDLC, DevOps and DevSecOps
Understanding of security protocols, authentication, authorisation and cryptography
experience working with functional and non-functional requirements
Knowledge of vulnerability management and security scanning technologies
experience working with large datasets and complex data pipelines
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Desirable experience Exposure to security or vulnerability scanning technologies such as:
Nessus
Nexus IQ
Checkmarx
Netsparker / Invicti
Wiz
Quokka
Knowledge across areas such as SAST, DAST, SCA, cloud security, infrastructure scanning, IaC security and container security would also be beneficial.

Job Title: Solutions Architect
Location: Sheffield, UK
Job Type: Contract
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