Head of Security Architecture

Were Kingfisher A team made up of over 74000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q Screwfix Brico Depot Castorama and Koctas - to life. Thats right were big but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And thats where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues future colleagues and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age gender marital or civil partnership status colour ethnic or national origin culture religious belief philosophical belief political opinion disability gender identity gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working both of hours and location. Therefore we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices. This role would require a weekly presence in both our London & Southampton offices.

• Develop and deliver a clear security architecture strategy that supports Kingfishers goals and provides Security Architecture as a service.
• Lead monitoring of the technical environment and champion bestpractice security to protect the confidentiality integrity and availability of data and systems.
• Influence Technology leaders to ensure security is embedded in their initiatives with early engagement and constructive challenge.
• Guide and support project and change teams so solutions maintain and enhance Kingfishers security posture.
• Embed security reviews into processes for inhouse and thirdparty solutions including longterm and strategic programmes.
• Establish and maintain threatmodelling practices and frameworks that support the design and implementation of effective security controls.
• Provide leadership to the Security Architecture team fostering a proactive collaborative and servicefocused culture.

• Strong experience delivering and maintaining enterprise security solutions across areas such as endpoint cloud network security DevOps monitoring and remediation.
• Deep understanding of IT security principles standards and frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001 NIST PCI DSS cloud security standards).
• Proven ability to translate complex security concepts for both technical and nontechnical colleagues.
• Experience shaping security governance tracking risks and embedding effective service provision within a team.
• Ability to build trusted relationships at all levels and collaborate across teams to drive continuous improvement.

Be Customer Focusedconstantly improving our customers experience

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing
• I am respectful

Be Curious thrive on learning thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas
• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile working with trust pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative
• Done is better than perfect I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship
• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable championing the plan to deliver results and growth

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

At Kingfisher we value the perspectives that any new team members bring and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return we offer an inclusive environment where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas actively support experimentation and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisherhere!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested Great apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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