Lead Security Architect

Role: Lead Security Architect

Location: Manchester Hybrid

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We are on a mission to make society a safer and more secure place. Our people are the ones who make that possible; a global community of talented individuals working together towards a safer future.

We aim to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We work together we are brilliantly creative we embrace difference and we want you to join in our mission to make the world safer and more secure.

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The Opportunity:

The Cyber and Information Security Team play a critical role in supporting our internal business functions alongside our external customer commitments. NCC Groups internal security team work to develop introduce and maintain administrative technical and physical security controls to continually improve the Groups security.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Security Architect to lead the review design and implementation of our estate from a security perspective. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining a robust security posture across our organisation ensuring the confidentiality integrity and availability of our systems and data.

This role requires a deep understanding of security principles technologies and industry best practices. This role presents an excellent opportunity to support this area and will help the Security Team in managing its cyber risks and meeting its business requirements. You will be working together closely with the Design Authority focussing on uplifting groups architecture from a security perspective.

Key Accountabilities:

• Investigating the as is state currently in place across the groups systems and networks. Produce a picture of company assets and where any security concerns may arise.
• Assisting in identifying the areas of priority for any security improvements.
• Planning and designing security architecture improvements.
• Recommending security controls and identifying secure solutions that support well defined business objective.
• Providing specialist security advice and recommendations across teams and various stakeholders.
• Reviewing system security measures and recommending necessary enhancements.
• Being an expert advisor on the secure design of systems within the security team and providing security advice guidance and sign off to the rest of Global Technical Services.
• Defining and documenting how the implementation of a new system or new interfaces between systems impacts the security posture of the current environment.
• Help the company constantly strive to improve cyber health seeking out and exploiting opportunities for improvement.
• You must be willing to travel to NCC office locations globally and stay away from home on occasion.

Minimum Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Lead Security Architect or similar role.
• Prior knowledge of Security architecture in a number of different technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of IT risks cyber security and computer operating software.
• Advanced understanding of security protocols cryptography and security.
• The aptitude and ability to quickly absorb technical detail of new or unfamiliar technologies is essential.
• Proven experience with writing architecture documentation.

Desirable Requirements:

Knowledge of as many of these technologies as possible is highly desirable:

• Various Endpoints (Windows MacOS Linux iOS Android)
• Multiple hypervisor and guest server operating systems (VMware Citrix Windows Server SQL Server)
• Active Directory including Red Forest/PAWS architectures
• MDM and in particular Microsoft Intune
• Endpoint protection technology particularly Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Knowledge of Email security technology particularly Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Microsoft 365 and Office 365
• Azure including Azure AD and Entra
• Amazon Web Services
• Knowledge of Protective Monitoring/SIEM/SOAR
• Archimate or other modelling languages and frameworks
• Experience with adaption of architecture frameworks for example Togaf (ADM)
• Threat modelling experience

Behaviours:

• Focusing on Clients and Customers
• Working as One NCC
• Being Inclusive and Respectful
• Always Learning
• Delivers Brilliantly

What we offer in return:

• Flexible Working: Balance your work and personal life with our flexible working options.
• Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave.
• Medicash & Critical Illness Scheme
• Financial & Investment Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our Pension Life Assurance and Share Save Scheme.
• Community & Volunteering Programmes: Make a difference in your community with our volunteering opportunities.
• Green Car Scheme: Drive green and save money with our eco-friendly car scheme.
• Cycle Scheme: Stay fit and healthy with our cycle-to-work scheme.
• Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life like getting married/entering into a civil partnership becoming a grandparent and welcoming home a new pet.
• Family Planning: Benefit from our generous maternity and paternity leave as well as time off and support for those undergoing fertility treatments.

About NCC Group

The NCC Group family has over 2200 members located all around the world providing a trusted advisory service to 15000 customers. Born in the UK we have now have offices in North America Canada Europe Asia- Pacific and United Arab Emirates.

We are passionate about helping our customers to protect their brand value and reputation against the ever-evolving threat landscape. We fuel that passion with investment in our people and our business.

Our values and code of ethics are at the heart of how we operate we work together we are brilliantly creative and we embrace difference. We treat everyone and everything with equal respect.

We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel psychologically emotionally and physically safe to be authentic sharing their personal experiences to represent the diversity of the world they live in and have equal opportunity to achieve their best.

About your application

We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what were looking for. If you dont hear back from us within 10 days please dont be too disappointed we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles.

If you do not want us to retain your details please email All personal data is held in accordance with the NCC Group Privacy Policy. We are committed to diversity and flexibility in the workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the application process please tell us at any stage.

Please note that this role involves mandatory pre-employment background checks due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process. This role being advertised will be subject to BS7858 screening as a mandatory requirement.