Security Architect

At Gallagher we are recruiting a Security Architect who will join our global security architecture and engineering function with twin teams based in US and APAC regions.

The primary objective of the role will serve as a key technical resource in Global Cyber and Information Security (GCIS) organisation.

The Security Architect will be responsible for creating security architecture frameworks, design patterns, standards, reference architectures, best practices and technical specifications and will work closely with other Information Security colleagues, IT & Infrastructure organization and Business teams globally to provide security architecture guidance and recommendations.

How you’ll make an impact

• Define and create Information Security architectural standards, artefacts, design patterns and technical specification documents.

• Assess, monitor and recommend improvements to the global security architecture to improve security posture, mitigate risks and balancing costs.

• Oversee and consult with project teams to ensure adherence to security design patterns and best practices.

• Designs and collaborates on solutions that balance business requirements with information security requirements.

• Proactively identifies technical and architectural risks, commenting and/or providing alternatives for improvement.

• Lead efforts for security technology evaluations, participates in proof of concept testing and provide in-depth analysis of the proposed solution.

• Collaborate and partner with various key stakeholders across the enterprise to ensure alignment with the overall intended design.

• Partner with architects and engineers within infrastructure, network, application and business teams to ensure that solutions are developed and managed as per GCIS policies and standards

• Assists with risk mitigation and governance activities aligned with security architecture compliance.

• While primary role of the architect is to build architectural designs and documentation, this role also needs to periodically assist with security configurations on commercial and home grown solutions

• Previous experience working in cybersecurity preferably gained in the Insurance or financial services industry.

• Experience in documenting reference architectures, standards and position papers

• Demonstrated working experience in a regulated and globally distributed environment

• Previous experience working with at least one cloud provider (Azure, AWS and/or GCP)

• Extensive experience working with networking, firewalls, end point protection, Identity and Access Management and data protection.

• Knowledge of cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) offerings would be an advantage.

• Previous experience and knowledge implementing security standards frameworks (NIST – CSF, ISO 27001, CSA CCM, PCI-DSS, GDPR)

• Experience in enterprise architecture frameworks such as; TOGAF

• Eligible to work in the UK.

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days

• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to

• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x

• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up

• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year

• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount

• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan

• Critical illness cover

• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally

• Season ticket loan

• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase

• Emergency back-up family care

• And many more…