Cyber Security - Army Security Architect
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £44,590 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | SP118HJ |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Defence |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 401739 |
Summary
We are looking for a talented, motivated and dedicated Security Architect to join our team. This role is crucial in ensuring a clear understanding of security architecture and compliance, advocating for Secure by Design principles, Policy adherence, and industry best practices.
As the Security Architect, you will play a pivotal role in establishing a central hub for all Army security stakeholders by developing and maintaining the Army Security Technical Reference Architecture (ASTRA). ASTRA promotes compliance, enhances visibility for decision-makers, and enables the reuse of security patterns through Architectural Building Blocks (Security Functionality) aligned with Policy and industry best practices to create effective solutions. An integral aspect of this role involves leading Security Architecture Assurance reviews, necessitating close collaboration with the Cybersecurity pillar to identify projects for review, understand the Army security landscape, and the broader security landscape. The review process tailors security recommendations to the project context, identifies overarching themes for projects and Cybersecurity to action as appropriate.
The role requires a diverse skill set to effectively support and enhance an organisation’s security posture. Familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as NIST and ISO 27001, along with experience in using security technologies like firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems and encryption, is important.
The successful candidate will be required to:
Design and maintain the Army Security Technical Reference Architecture (ASTRA) in a central repository, ensuring it aligns with Defence/Army security principles and policy, NIST 800-53, Secure by Design and Zero Trust Architecture principles
Research and map industry standards such as NIST RMF, NIST 800-53 to security policies and ASTRA
Create and gather security architectural patterns to bolster data security management, ensure secure system operations, enhance network and systems security, and improve system and device management.
Collaborate with enterprise and solution architects to integrate security principles into system designs
Create and oversee awareness and training initiatives for ASTRA
Conduct security architecture assurance reviews using established policies, principles, and standards to ensure consistency and compliance, and to produce detailed reports on compliance status and gaps
Work with security architects, compliance teams and security teams to understand security policy implementation and the Army security landscape
Proactively engage with internal and external partners, stakeholders, and peers to develop knowledge and inform decisions
Line management responsibility for 1 Higher Executive Officer (HEO)
As the Security Architect, you will play a pivotal role in establishing a central hub for all Army security stakeholders by developing and maintaining the Army Security Technical Reference Architecture (ASTRA). ASTRA promotes compliance, enhances visibility for decision-makers, and enables the reuse of security patterns through Architectural Building Blocks (Security Functionality) aligned with Policy and industry best practices to create effective solutions. An integral aspect of this role involves leading Security Architecture Assurance reviews, necessitating close collaboration with the Cybersecurity pillar to identify projects for review, understand the Army security landscape, and the broader security landscape. The review process tailors security recommendations to the project context, identifies overarching themes for projects and Cybersecurity to action as appropriate.
The role requires a diverse skill set to effectively support and enhance an organisation’s security posture. Familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as NIST and ISO 27001, along with experience in using security technologies like firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems and encryption, is important.
The successful candidate will be required to:
Design and maintain the Army Security Technical Reference Architecture (ASTRA) in a central repository, ensuring it aligns with Defence/Army security principles and policy, NIST 800-53, Secure by Design and Zero Trust Architecture principles
Research and map industry standards such as NIST RMF, NIST 800-53 to security policies and ASTRA
Create and gather security architectural patterns to bolster data security management, ensure secure system operations, enhance network and systems security, and improve system and device management.
Collaborate with enterprise and solution architects to integrate security principles into system designs
Create and oversee awareness and training initiatives for ASTRA
Conduct security architecture assurance reviews using established policies, principles, and standards to ensure consistency and compliance, and to produce detailed reports on compliance status and gaps
Work with security architects, compliance teams and security teams to understand security policy implementation and the Army security landscape
Proactively engage with internal and external partners, stakeholders, and peers to develop knowledge and inform decisions
Line management responsibility for 1 Higher Executive Officer (HEO)