Skills

Teamwork Leadership Jira Test Decision-making Architecture Confluence

Job Specifications

Job Profile - Security Solution Architect

Location: UK - Sheffield (3 days weekly from office)

Project Overview

Top Bank is working on a strategic Identity and Access Management programme and is re-shaping the way Authentication, Federation, Privileged Access Management, Access Governance, Secrets Management and API Security is done across the bank. One of the pillars of that programme is Privileged Access Management (PAM). Bank is working on uplifting controls and capabilities in privileged access for the Group and introducing the strategic password vaulting solution that will enable to meet strategic requirements.

We are seeking an experienced Security Solution Architect that can complement an existing team of Solution Architects to progress with designs of different components of the PAM solution and other supporting systems it will need to integrate with as part of the end-to-end journey.

Security Solution Architects manage end-to-end solution design and are responsible for delivering architecture design documents in line with functional and non-functional business requirements, strategies, principles, standards, and patterns. They will be responsible for the creation of high-level and low-level designs, documenting key design decisions, design deviations, and technical risks and issues where appropriate.

Security Solution Architects should be comfortable presenting and sharing solutions at design authorities and senior leadership & stakeholders as well as working with global teams to both explain the design and agree designs related to the Password Management of new Technologies.

Principal Preferred Requirements

Cybersecurity Expertise:

Experience as a Solution Architect with knowledge of identity & access management, and especially PAM
Strong experience documenting High-Level and Low-Level designs.
Broad background across information technology with the ability to communicate clearly with non-security technical SMEs at a comfortable level
Experience working in large-scale IT transformation programmes
Experience working with PAM solutions such as CyberArk, Centrify, Delinea / Thycotic and OneIdentity

Qualifications & Certifications:

CISSP/CISM certification or other broad cybersecurity industry-recognised certificate

Platform & Technology:

BizzDesign, Archi, or generic UML visualisation experience for high-level designs
Working proficiency in Jira for project & tasks management
Working proficiency in Confluence for documentation

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Architecture & Design:

Produce, manage, and update end-to-end solution designs in line with reference architecture & business requirements including low-level / detailed designs
Articulate and publish key design decision records and options to ensure all solutions follow a logical, transparent decision-making process
Articulate, publish, and ensure approval of any design deviations resulting in technical debt
Ensure any technical risks or issues arising from a solution design are recorded and mitigated.
Produces, manages and translates the requirements into the architecture for that solution, ensuring technology and services meet the customer needs and expected business outcomes
Ensures the design of the solutions are efficient, timely and cost effective throughout the project lifecycle
Clear understanding of both the motivations of the business and technical security
Promote strong documentation and clerkship

Risk and Dependency Management:

Effectively manages and escalates both technical and project risks or issues
Articulates solutions and remediation steps to technical risks & issues
Ability to map design decisions to resultant technical risks & issues to articulate the cause and rationale which leads to any negatively impacting change

Teamwork

Willingness and ability to work across information technology as a cybersecurity SME
Experience of performing peer reviews of the PAM team's designs
Collaborate with members of the Engineering and Test teams within the programme

General

Excellent knowledge of English both spoken and written

About the Company

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