Senior Information Security Architect in Glasgow

The BBC Information Security Team works with BBC teams around the world to provide expert advice, review systems, and deal with threats. We ensure risks are identified, managed and mitigated. We are a multi-disciplinary team who work together and with the rest of the business to ensure the BBC stays secure and our audience trust is protected.

You will be joining the Security Engineering & Architecture team in Information Security. The team's focus is to ensure the BBC's digital products and platforms are secure by leveraging our collective development and security experience. To ensure security requirements are considered and implemented, we work with product teams during the early stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and provide our expert technical advice to allow them to progress effectively. The team also designs, develops and deploys systems and processes to help teams understand the risks in their own systems.

Another key part of the team's function is to foster relationships across the business and ensure that security issues are discussed and actioned rather than ignored. The team runs a large network of Security Champions across the BBC which focuses on awareness and education of technical security topics which helps amplify Information Security's effectiveness. The team also provides technical expertise to other areas of the wider Information Security Team.

Why Join the Team

The BBC reaches over half a billion people online every week. By joining this team you will help keep these systems secure. You will regularly collaborate with critical BBC product teams such as iPlayer, Sounds and News. You will also get continual exposure to the latest security vulnerabilities, the new technologies teams are leveraging and the security considerations around these technologies. You will also become a key part in helping to evolve our digital security strategy and drive transformation within the BBC.

Your Key Responsibilities and Impact

• Perform security risk assessments on BBC Digital Product environments at various stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and recommend security enhancements, remediation and mitigation strategies.
• Research and understand new security technologies, trends and threats related to BBC Digital Products and environments and use this research to provide technical and non-technical guidance to both internal stakeholders and third parties.
• Assist in running the BBC Security Champions network including facilitating sessions, engaging with champions, providing guidance around security queries and continuing to evolve the network.
• Support tactical initiatives to secure Digital Product environments for the BBC including contributing to Information Security policies, procedures and standards.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Digital Product key suppliers, Digital Product staff, Security Champions and other stakeholders.
• Peer with the rest of the InfoSec team to design, develop and deploy code for systems that assist the BBC InfoSec function and assist BBC teams to understand their current risk posture.
• Support the processes around security issues identified in BBC Digital Product environments, including assisting with investigation, validation and revalidation.

Your Skills and Experience

Essential Criteria:

• Familiarity with at least one coding language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, etc.) with demonstrable experience of taking an active role in both designing and implementing digital software projects using these languages.
• Ability to convey complex technical knowledge and guidance, in written form and verbally, to multiple audiences including internal stakeholders and third parties.
• Demonstrable ability to break complex problems into tangible parts, self-direct required learning and operate in a semi-autonomous manner.
• Experience deploying systems and applications from code to a cloud environment (e.g. AWS).
• Demonstrable experience of a wide range of technical security knowledge and applying this to identify and remediate security issues in digital software products.

Desired but Not Required:

• Experience of being involved in a community and taking an active lead in organising and facilitating.
• Experience with STRIDE Threat Modelling and mitigating issues from application security tooling would be ideal.

Next Steps

Your next step is to submit your application to this page. Your application will be reviewed at each stage and if suitable be progressed to the next stage. There are a total of 3 stages:

• Stage 1: Submit your online application
• Stage 2: Complete a technical exercise remotely and submit your completed code to the hiring managers
• Stage 3: Attending an interview

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC. At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC Life at BBC. Here you will benefit from fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. Excellent career and professional development. Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer. A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk