Senior Security Architect

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Job Description & Summary

About the role

Cyber security is one of the defining topics of our age and cyber risk represents one of the most significant strategic risks to PwCs a recent PwC survey it remains the top risk in the minds of CEOs globally with 91% of UK CEOs rating it as a significant concern. Businesses are changing rapidly facing disrupted supply chains rapidly changing workforces and accelerating digital transformation on an unprecedented scale.

At PwC we help our clients transform and our cyber security practice enables them to execute that transformation securely and to become more resilient to cyber security threats. Our cyber security practice operates nationally and serves clients holistically with strategy risk and governance advice and with deep technical implementation and assurance expertise.

As one of the largest cyber security specialist consulting practices in the UK we have over 250 practitioners who range from business risk advisors who work with CEOs CFOs and boards to transformation specialists who execute major change programmes to deep technical SMEs who help clients implement controls to secure their businesses from attack and support them to respond when an attack occurs.

Our practice is experiencing significant growth which is driven by demand from our clients for greater assistance in dealing with increasingly complex cyber security risks and support in executing their change and growth agendas securely. We believe helping our clients gain confidence in their digital future is essential to their growth and as a result our cyber security practice is one of the key growth priorities of our firm.

What your days will look like:

• Work closely with enterprise architects to identify and mitigate risks perform security reviews design top tier security practices and deliver strategic innovative security offerings.
• Propose design plan and execute strategic and tactical operational security objectives.
• Work with our clients cloud / security architects to help design and implement appropriate cloud guardrails
• Knowledge or experience in securing key SaaS platforms such as: Workday SAP Salesforce Oracle etc.
• Perform deep analysis and develop metrics that measure current risk
• Identify appropriate technology/data sources and drive the collection of data necessary to effectively evaluate threats.
• Communicate threat intelligence and vulnerability management options
• Analysing threats and current security controls to identify gaps in current defensive posture
• Meet with clients and leading workshops
• Work directly with our alliance partners namely Microsoft Google and AWS

The role is for you if:

The ideal candidate will have an ability to communicate security and risk-related concepts to key stakeholders along with experience with the following:

• Architecture and security management
• Strong understanding of security best practices
• Securing network and enterprise cloud applications
• A good understanding of cloud well-architected frameworks across the main CSPs
• Security frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001 NIST 800-53 or OWASP
• Knowledge of host hardening auditing logging and monitoring network security SIEM deployments security analytics anomaly detections PKI
• Market understanding of industry trends for cybersecurity risk & threat intelligence and governance
• Proven implementation of cloud security models particularly identity network and encryption
• Demonstrated understanding of Microsoft Google or AWS security technologies and strategy
• Program management skills and solution support for security transformation/implementation programs
• Business case development skills for justifying prioritising & forecasting the funding requirements for security programs and initiatives

Your certifications may include:

• SABSA
• TOGAF
• CISSP
• CISM
• AZ-305: Microsoft Azure Expert or AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security
• Google Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Cloud Security Engineer
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Microsoft Mobility MCP Exam 98-368
• or other relevant certifications

To supplement the technical knowledge and project delivery experience the successful candidate will come from a consulting background with good customer facing skills the ability to gather customer requirements and produce high quality written deliverables. As a consultant you must be willing to travel to our client locations as needed.

You likely have a Bachelors Degree in computer science computer engineering management information systems information technology or a similar field. An equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for a degree.

Whatyoullreceive from us:

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life ourbenefitsare designed to add value and support recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between officehomeand client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.

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Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

Government Clearance Required

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