Security Architect in East Kilbride

Summer-Browning Associates is currently supporting our central government client, who is seeking a Security Architect for an initial twelve-month assignment with the option to extend.

Location: Hybrid working – East Kilbride

About the role: You will be responsible for leading the security design of a modern and innovative IT platform.

The ideal candidate will hold Active SC clearance and have a strong background in delivery Security Architecture support, with the following skills and experience:

• Experience in technical and security architecture and design within a secure environment.
• Experience operating within a security architecture function.
• Knowledge of a broad range of industry-standard technologies, both proprietary and open source, across a diverse range of Microsoft and Linux-based deployments.
• Knowledge of software and infrastructure design considerations and be comfortable working with engineers to understand and guide the datacentre environment.
• Experience architecting and securing solutions within highly sensitive and classified environments.
• Knowledge of operating in cloud environments e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP etc (Desirable)
• Experience of establishing security standards, patterns, reference architectures, and assurance frameworks that enable secure-by-design outcomes across multiple services (Desirable)