Role: Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead
Contracting Authority: Public Sector
Contract Length: 12 Months
Location: Reading
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate: Up to £90.16 per hour
Clearance: DV Clearance
An exciting opportunity has become available with our prestigious client who is a prominent government department. The client is seeking an experienced Senior Cyber Security Architectural Lead to join their welcoming team.

MINORITIES, WOMEN, LGBTQ+ CANDIDATES, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Interviews will take place this week, so please apply immediately to be considered for this exciting contract opportunity.

• Provide analysis of risks to information systems in order to inform risk owners and project

managers to allow effective decision making

• Provide expert subject matter advice to CISO and other elements of the IS management chain
• Ensure IT projects are provided with timely technical security advice
• Develop and apply the overall security architecture of the organisation and the place within in it of key security controls
• Maintains and promotes high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player
• Work with functions, projects and the supply chain to assess the sources of Information Risk and make recommendations on how these are to be managed
• Provide the lead for maintaining awareness of HMG, MoD and industry best practice in Information Assurance and Information Risk Management
• Determine how the overall security architecture applies to projects under consideration and advise project solution architects on security requirements
• Review high and low level solution designs for compliance with overall security architecture, achievement of security requirements and overall efficacy of the security features and tools
• Facilitate the formal accreditation by MoD of the organisation’s corporate systems and of other specified systems
• Provide an interface between the organisation and the National Technical Authority (NCSC)
• Oversee IT Health Check and Vulnerability Assessments by approving scope of tests and overall testing programme
• Record and track assessments of information capability and projects supporting reviews and audits as necessary
• Provide technical risk assessment analysis
• Develop the professionalism of Information Risk Management within the organisation
• Attend project Security Working Groups and manage when appropriate