A leading organisation operating at the forefront of defence, cyber and national security, delivering complex technology and security solutions across some of the UK’s most demanding environments.
You’ll join a specialist team working closely with government and defence customers, helping to design and deliver secure, resilient and scalable Security Operations Centre (SOC) solutions.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading the architecture of SOC solutions for complex customer environments
- Engaging with senior stakeholders to understand security, operational and accreditation requirements
- Designing and integrating security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, Vulnerability Management and Threat Intelligence
- Assessing existing SOC capabilities and identifying opportunities to improve security maturity
- Designing secure and resilient on-premise and cloud architectures
- Supporting the selection and design of security tooling and technologies
- Applying security principles including least privilege, encryption and defence-in-depth
- Conducting risk assessments and supporting vulnerability management activities
- Researching and evaluating new technologies and solutions where requirements are novel or complex
What we're looking for:
We’re looking for an experienced SOC Architect / Security Architect with a strong technical background and the ability to operate confidently with both technical teams and senior customers.
- Strong experience architecting Security Operations Centre solutions
- Hands-on experience designing and deploying at least two of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, Vulnerability Management or Threat Intelligence technologies
- Strong understanding of SOC operating models, people, processes and technology
- Experience with both on-premise and cloud security architectures
- A strong understanding of common cyber threats and appropriate mitigation strategies
- Experience with risk assessment and vulnerability management
- Knowledge of enterprise ICT services and secure infrastructure
- Experience working with Government, Defence or other highly regulated environments
- Strong stakeholder management and client-facing experience
- Familiarity with architectural frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman, alongside architecture modelling
- The ability to translate complex requirements into scalable, resilient and secure architectures
What's in it for you
- Hybrid working from Guildford or Frimley
- Opportunity to work on complex defence and national security programmes
- Exposure to highly technical and challenging SOC architecture projects
- The opportunity to influence solutions from initial concept through to deployment and operation
- A senior role with significant exposure to customers and stakeholders
- Clear opportunities to develop your technical and architectural expertise
- A collaborative environment where you’ll have the opportunity to move across projects and continue developing your career
Please note: Active Security Clearance is essential for this position
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