Security Architect SbD Network @ Vodafone

Vodafone is a leading technology communications company in Europe and Africa, keeping society connected and building a digital future.

Location: Newbury + Hybrid

Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits

Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday

At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection with our colleagues we can achieve great things. Our hybrid working approach allows our people to work both in the office and at home, providing the flexibility and resources you need to succeed in your role. We don’t require you to be in on specific days; instead, we ask people to come into the office 2-3 days each week, on average 8 days a month. Our “Office in a Box” home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.

Who We Are: We’re a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives. At Vodafone UK, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.

What you’ll do: As the Security Architect SbD Networks you will be required to develop and document end-to-end security architecture that will protect the network infrastructure from the significant and persistent cyber security threat to which Vodafone UK is exposed to. You need to ensure security architecture is developed adequately to protect the availability, confidentiality and integrity of network infrastructure assets and the customer services provided by these assets. The security architect is required to develop this architecture in conjunction with Group and European region technical architects and influence them to support the UK position. This architecture and ability to influence senior technical stakeholders across the group will underpin attaining and retaining of business-critical certificates and legislative obligations.

• Identify the relationship between the various components inside network infrastructure architecture and the way in which they depend on each other.
• Provide end-to-end network infrastructure security standardisation based on efficient implementation of security policy, controls and legal & regulatory requirements.
• Define and document Security Architecture Frameworks for network infrastructure.
• Develop the roadmap for rolling out network security controls.
• Deliver Network Security Architecture and Design Blueprints, ensuring the appropriate balance of short term and strategic security objectives are maintained.
• Ensure effective collaboration with internal technology teams and wider security community to deliver on technology security objectives and controls.

Who you are: Educated to degree level and/or relevant technical experience with a proven track record of delivering complex cross-domain Networks/IT solutions architectures/designs in the telecommunications industry. Knowledge of common information technology management / compliance frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, SOX, ITIL, COBIT, and NIST. Knowledge of legal, regulatory and privacy requirements, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Protection and Payment Card Industry (PCI)/Data Security Standard. An ability to think strategically and drive change. A deep understanding of Tech Security risks and mitigating solutions. A diverse security background with knowledge in several areas including: layered security architecture; internet protocols; firewalls; VPN technologies, IDS/IPS, network access control and network segmentation, anti-malware and spam technologies; risk and vulnerability assessments, and compliance. An industry security certification. CISSP is strongly preferred. An industry network certification (CCNA, CCNP) is desired. Demonstrable and recent track record of delivering security controls that span multi-disciplinary areas across Enterprise domains in large telecommunications environments. Sound overall knowledge of fixed and mobile network architectures and methodologies to secure them. Practices and methods of enterprise architecture and security architecture.

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What we offer: We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies.

Together we can: Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.

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