Solutions Security Architect

Help strengthen our Team as our Solutions Security Architect.  Home based role.

An excellent opportunity for a Solutions Cyber Security Architect to join our team to be integral to ensuring the secure design of IT solutions. Collaborating closely with project teams as well as domain-specific security architecture experts, you will provide leadership and guidance to ensure that projects adopt a risk-managed approach to cybersecurity.

Passionate about security, you will work to align solutions with our security strategy and ensure compliance with corporate, industry, and client security standards.

You will work to align solutions with our security strategy and ensure compliance with corporate, industry, and client security standards.

This role demands a deep expertise in security technologies, risk management, and the ability to create innovative solutions to complex security challenges.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leading as a security subject matter expert (SME) by providing advice, guidance, and oversight on securing IT architectures for complex systems and high-risk projects.
• Driving project requirements through a threat and risk-driven methodology.
• Supporting and mentoring junior Security Architects and other security professionals.
• Assisting in the maintenance of Capita’s enterprise security architecture model.
• Contributing to the development of corporate security policies, principles, standards, and guidelines as needed.
• Educating and communicating security matters to the broader technology community.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in cyber security architecture
• Working towards CISSP certification or holding an equivalent security certification.
• Broad technical security architecture knowledge gained through training and certification (i.e. ISC2 CISSP-ISSAP, BCS Practitioner Certificate in Security Architecture or equiv.)
• Security technology knowledge covering three or more from the following examples (the list is not exhaustive): SIEM, SOAR, DLP, EDR/XDR, PAM, EPP, Cloud Security, Network Security, Secure SDLC, Cryptography.

• Ideally the candidate will also have knowledge of architecture methodologies such as TOGAF or SABSA along with architecture development and modelling knowledge and experience with ArchiMate.

• Knowledge of business continuity, risk management and enterprise architecture
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences clearly.
• Deep knowledge in one or more key IT security domains such as networking, cloud, end-user computing etc., as well as broad knowledge across the wider information security and assurance domain.
• Due to the market sectors Capita operate within, you must be a UK national and hold, or be able to gain, SC security vetting clearance.

Competency and level required:

• Enterprise and business architecture (STPL) 5
• Solution architecture (ARCH) 6
• Strategic planning (ITSP) 5
• Risk management (BURM) 4
• Stakeholder relationship management 5
• Emerging technology monitoring (EMRG) 5
• Specialist advice (TECH) 6

About Capita Technology and Software Solutions (TSS) and CISO

Capita Technology and Software Solutions (TSS) is a newly formed global shared service, responsible for delivering innovation and digital transformation for Capita’s businesses and clients. We work collaboratively with Capita’s divisions to shape the right digital technology solutions to help clients work differently, engage differently, sell differently and to be resilient to whatever next comes their way.

Within Policy, Governance and CISO our key capabilities are to define, implement and maintain pan-Capita Cyber, Information Security and IT Policies. Defining and implementing security strategy and providing appropriate governance, assurance, asset management, risk management, privacy and health safety, to maintain compliance requirements for TSS and the wider group

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to learn new skills and progress your career.
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
• Company matched pension, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave and plenty more

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of experienced, innovative, and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

To view our Covid-19 and process adjustments information, please visit the Capita Careers site.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic.