Principal Cyber Security Architect

Location: Farnborough, UK - You may need to work on customer locations or one of our secure development locations, or a mix of both, as well as an element of working from home.

Leidos is expanding in the National Security and Defence domain and are looking for a Principal Cyber Security Architect to support new pursuits, bids, captures and existing delivery programmes based in the UK working at our Farnborough site and remotely. Come join our team and further develop your skills as we deliver and support systems key to the defence of the UK and partner nations.

What Will you Be Doing?

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Cyber Security Architect to join its successful and expanding National Security and Defence division. This role will shape and define security architectures across new captures, spearhead our approach to Secure by Design and develop security strategies, documentation and approaches. As the Principal Cyber Security Architect, you will be able to work with minimal direction on a specific MOD programme or bid or across a range of bids. You will ensure that the solution security design meets the customer functional and non-functional security requirements and provides the necessary assurance to our client, highly likely to be backed up by rigorous assurance and certification processes.

You will have responsibility for interfacing to security design partners across the programme or bid, both customer and supplier representatives, and colleagues within our engineering, service, and business development teams. You will ensure that Leidos can establish and maintain an effective and efficient security architecture for the programme or bid solution, and that the designs will be able to adapt as customer requirements, legislation and assurance standards change over the programme lifespan.

Within the programme or bid, the role will primarily be responsible to a solution architect and Chief Engineer for developing and delivering the relevant elements of the solution, whilst understanding the whole. You will have a complete understanding of cyber risk and treatment approaches. Based on a strong ability to communicate risk and its proportionate management, you will know how this issue is addressed both in traditional ‘on-premise’ highly sensitive platforms, and in private and public cloud technologies. You will be experienced and accomplished in meeting the challenges associated with assuring systems in public and private cloud environments. You will be required to develop high- and low-level security architecture designs for systems intended for secure/sensitive environments, with appropriate security based on detailed risk analysis.

What does Leidos need from me?

Due to the sensitive nature of the work, sole British National and DV clearance are a must, along with significant experience in similar roles across Cloud/IT based solutions for Defence customers. Deep knowledge of HMG standards (including MOD-specific JSP), NCSC and NIST 800 standards is a given, along with how to apply these across a variety of different solution spaces. This role will be a key leadership position, interacting with senior levels of internal, supplier and customer stakeholders. You will be required to hold security clearance under National Security Vetting processes.

Technology skills/Experience:

• Excellent understanding of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) and practical experience in applying that
• Experience in defining derived security requirements for a system, and managing traceability
• Experience of gaining and maintaining accreditation or assurance for secure/sensitive systems
• Experience of security infrastructure in Public and Private cloud, e.g. virtual network infrastructure, hybrid IaaS/PaaS/SaaS solutions.
• Understanding of MOD ISN 23/09 Secure by Design
• Experience in producing security assurance documentation sets (such as SyOPS, Security Management Plan, ISMS, and to support DART submissions)
• Experience in producing security bid artefacts (such as security responses to PQQ/ITN questions, creation of Project Security Management Plan, System Security Architecture Design, Through Life Security Management Plan, Cyber Risk Assessments)
• Experience of network and boundary protection technologies (firewalls, mail gateways, load balancers, anti-virus), including cross domain technologies.
• Experience of authentication and authorisation technologies (SAML, LDAP, PKI, etc)
• Experience of securing microservice architectures within a cloud environment
• Experience of Virtualisation technologies.
• Understanding of the implementation, operation and maintenance of SIEM products

The ideal candidate will hold CISSP certification and other industry qualifications such as Risk or Public/Private Cloud certifications.

Communication and Soft Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and works well in a team environment
• Capable of developing and communicating a vision to meet the System Requirements
• Ability to communicate complex technical ideas across a wide range of different audiences
• A good level of commercial awareness that will support the bid and delivery environments
• Strong bid response writing skills

Clearance Requirements:

Clearance to Start DV - British non-dual National Clearance for Role DV

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Dynamic Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

• Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.
• Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.
• People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.