Overview

Position Title:Applications Security Architect

Company:Highways England

Location:London, UK

Job Description:

National Highways are on a transformation journey to implement a policy of ‘secured by design’ and therefore all the architecture community will be heavily involved at the beginning of the life cycle and require an understanding of the risk RASCI within commercial arrangements. The Enterprise Technology and Applications Security Architect is responsible for the provision of security architecture services for enterprise technology and applications.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the management and optimisation of enterprise technology and applications security architecture ensuring end-to-end solutions are in place and communicated across the business.
  • Produce and maintain appropriate technical security guidance documentation and security patterns for enterprise technology and applications in support of wider security policies.
  • Work alongside wider architectural governance functions to ensure all change initiatives are reviewed, supported and aligned with the enterprise technology and applications security architecture.
  • Work with external partners to influence enterprise technology and applications related regulatory requirements and ensure that change initiatives are aligned with those requirements.
  • Support wider security architecture activities outside of enterprise technology and applications when required.
  • Maintain the effectiveness of core enterprise technology and applications security capabilities.
  • Anticipate technology trends, future threats and capability requirements and support development to address these.

Requirements:

  • Cyber Security Qualifications: To hold relevant cyber security qualifications to prove depth of knowledge and achieve credibility with stakeholders: BSc / MSc in Cyber Security, Computer Science or related subject; CISSP, GICSP, Senior CCP (Architect) or similar Security Architecture qualification; CCSP, CCSK or similar Cloud Security qualification.
  • Architectural Methodologies: Experience of applying or relevant qualifications / certifications in: SABSA, TOGAF
  • Software Development Lifecycles: Deep familiarity with contemporary DevOps methods and tooling, Experience of applying DevSecOps.
  • Microsoft Azure: Extensive experience of deploying Azure related security controls.

About Highways England

National Highways, formerly Highways England, is the government company responsible for the country's motorways and main A roads. This includes modernising and maintaining the highways, as well as running the network and keeping traffic moving.