Overview
We are seeking an experienced Information Security Architect for a 6-month initial contract role that operates in a hybrid working environment. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in shaping security architecture, ensuring operational resilience, and managing multi-supplier service readiness. You will work closely with various stakeholders and take the lead on defining and implementing security measures across a complex technology ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve security reference architectures, principles, and minimum control baselines.
- Lead threat modelling across identities, APIs, workloads, data, messaging and supplier access.
- Define monitoring, detection, triage, escalation and containment models.
- Shape operational readiness through observability, resilience, recovery, runbooks, and service ownership.
- Assure production readiness and challenge suppliers on control effectiveness.
- Contribute to incident command structures and cyber/technology recovery architecture.
- Drive continual improvement through evidence, exercises, and post-incident learning.
Requirements
- Significant experience as a Security Architect or Security Operations Architect.
- Deep knowledge of modern security controls across various domains such as identity and network.
- Practical experience with SIEM/XDR/MDR, detection engineering, and incident response.
- Strong understanding of service management, observability, and operational recovery.
- Experience with Azure architecture and operations, including cloud security services.
- Proven ability to challenge suppliers within multi-party environments.
- Excellent communication skills, particularly with senior stakeholders.