Principal Security Architect

Key Responsibilities Lead the technical design of systems and services, justifying and communicating all design decisions, applying research and innovative security architecture solutions to new or existing problems. Communicate the vision, principles and strategy for security architects for one project or technology. Decipher subtle security needs and understand the impact of decisions, balancing requirements and deciding between approaches. Lead on quality assurance . Collaborate with stakeholders across organisations, teams, or communities. Key Outputs and Deliverables Use applied security expertise to identify key programme and technical risks, leading the design of mitigating security architectures. Create and clearly communicate security expectations to stakeholders, providing expert guidance to operators on interpreting such statements into meaningful and appropriate security requirements. Provide expert cyber architecture design creation and review of operator system architectures to identify security weaknesses and recommend mitigations. Provide expert advice on security architecture implications of technological trends when applied to existing systems how innovative technologies change the security approach required. Effectively communicate difficult risk and security concepts in accessible ways that can be clearly understood by business leaders. Contribute to and develop risk communication strategies. Follow a methodical and repeatable approach to reviewing the security of a system architecture and describe that approach. Person specification Essential Criteria Proven expertise in security architecture and applied security capability. (Lead criteria) Practitioner in information risk assessment and risk management Extensive experience working collaboratively with diverse colleagues. Develops, plans and delivers work outcomes, including clear and transparent work objectives, milestones and success metrics. Certified to one, more or equivalent: CISSP, GICSP, GRID, SABSA, TOGAF. Able to achieve and maintain SC clearance. Desirable Criteria Membership in a professional association. Experience of cross-government Secure by Design approach. Behaviours We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Working Together Technical skills We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details. Benefits Alongside your salary of £61,446, OFGEM contributes £17,800 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working, flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications. You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window) . See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window) . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .