SECURITY ARCHITECT - OUTSIDE IR35

SECURITY ARCHITECT - OUTSIDE IR35

NEW OUTSIDE IR35 CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE FOR A SECURITY ARCHITECT IN FARNBOROUGH

• Searchability NSandamp;D has a contract opportunity for an Security Architect to work across an exciting range of projects
• Must have active MOD DV Clearance
• Day rate up to £700 Outside IR35
• Role is based in Farnborough - 1/2 days on site per week
• For more details please call me on or email

WHAT WILL THE SECURITY ARCHITECT BE DOING?

• Risk Management within a Defence and Security Sector;
• Security / Cyber architectures are proportionate to the GSC of the systems;
• Security architectures are delivered in conjunction with other IT Architects and SMEs;
• Apply security design specifics to develop the security architecture;
• Strategic direction of Security projects;
• Producing evidence to meet various MOD regulations;
• Designing options and solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities;
• Working with various teams across the business including Software Engineering, DevSecOps Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Agile and Cyber Security; and
• Either holds or has recently held government security clearance already, or is suitable for and willing to go through the vetting process (suitability would include an absence of a serious criminal record, a right to work and live in UK and, preferably, a record of 5 years' UK residency),

SKILLS andamp; EXPERIENCE DESIRED:

• Able to perform Risk management using industry approved methodologies (such as NIST 800-53). Identification of suitable risk management activities (technical, physical, or procedural) to treat /mitigate the identified risks;
• Support development in a secure by design methodology;
• Be able to work at a technical level with teams;
• Identification / design / selection of appropriate security components to provide security enforcing functions (e.g. network, endpoints, cryptography, authentication, authorisation, data inspection etc) for a variety of infrastructures including cloud environments;
• Legal and regulatory topics that merit consideration when conducting various activities in the field of cyber security;
• Creation of security documentation to support the development of a system, these could include: security Aspects, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Security Policies, Security Test Plans/Results, Evaluation documents;
• Knowledge of JSP 604 / 453 and creation if assurance artefacts; and
• High standards in written report and design documentation.

DESIRABLE:

• Knowledge and experience of Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD principles and their application in secure environments
• Appreciation of the constraints and requirements imposed on development within secure, safety critical environments
• Concepts and technologies that are used to engineer systems which inherently protect systems;
• Understanding of MOD and other departmental IT in defence and security
• Experience of working with MOD Accreditors; and
• Knowledge of Onsite / project tech stack includes but is not limited to Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache (NiFi, Kafka), NodeJS, Typescript, MongoDB, AI, Machine Learning etc.

TO BE CONSIDERED .

Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly to - I can make myself available outside of normal working hours to suit from 7am until 10pm. If unavailable, please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role, you express consent for us to process andamp; submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only. Also feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn, just search Shaun Varley. I look forward to hearing from you.

SECURITY ARCHITECT

KEY SKILLS:

SECURITY / ARCHITECT / DEFENCE / GOVERNMENT / SECURITY CLEARED / SECURITY CLEARANCE / SECURITY CHECK / DEVELOPED VETTING / DEVELOPED VETTED / DV CLEARED / DV CLEARANCE / DEEP VETTED / DEEP VETTING