Security Solutions Architect

Excellent opportunity for Security Solution Architects to be part of our Security Practice, Role is for an individual contributor in a consulting & Professional services team, focused on driving complete Security assignments.

Our Security Practice provides end-to-end security solutions combine deep domain and industry expertise with a future-focused approach that encompasses advisory, transformation and managed services. We offer the foresight and expertise to solve most complex challenges

Key Responsibilities

  • Design high-level infrastructure, application, business and security architecture for projects across the Cyber Security portfolio.
  • Create and ensure all designs align to Enterprise Architecture and Clients Governance requirements.
  • Review and document low level architecture design patterns and support models to support technical implementation and service transition.
  • Contribute to project scope and objectives, to ensure feasibility of delivery and achieving desired outcomes and benefits.
  • Collaborate with application product delivery teams to ensure that solutions are fit for purpose and support them with architectural challenges throughout the delivery lifecycle.
  • Work with the relevant Technology, Change Management and Enterprise Architects to ensure that the outcomes delivered by projects are consistent with the design.
  • Provide Design support for implementation, Test assurance and Service Transition
  • Ability to forge strong relations with a wide variety of stakeholders including technical teams, business users, and senior management.
  • Work with vendors to guide them on solution design and ensure solutions are delivered effectively and are aligned to best practices

Key Skills and Experience:

  • Proven experience working as Solution Architect on large scale programmes within a Cyber Security Portfolio.
  • Working knowledge of security architecture requirements for solution designs, good security practices related to AWS/Azure PaaS, IaaS, SaaS configuration and an understanding of enterprise scale solutions.
  • Experience collaborating with the Security Operations Centre (SOC) to optimise security monitoring, response planning and execution.
  • Experience with assisting the development of a TOM for Vulnerability Management.
  • Understanding of vulnerability management and threat landscape detection and remediation
  • Understanding of Network Security risks and solutions

Essential Technical Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience of the M365 security stack: Endpoint, Defender, DLP, Device Management, Azure Sentinel
  • Cloud Security (Tenable, MDR solutions, Remote Access, Network security)
  • Working knowledge of Cyber Essentials, UK DPA/GDPR
  • Knowledge of one or more cybersecurity controls standards and frameworks (CIS, NIST, etc)
  • Knowledge of Claroty and SIEM

Desirable Experience

  • Experience of implementing of the Tenable Vulnerability Management agents across Clients EndPoints and Servers.
  • Experience in the implementation of an End Point Detection system (Sentinel One) on our Legacy Operating Systems not supported by MS Defender.
  • Experience in upgrading existing SIEM capabilities to handle more data sources and advanced analytics
  • Experience in the implementation of an Managed Detect Response Service

Experience in leading the end-to-end technical delivery of a Cyber Security Programme

Company
Cognizant
Location
United Kingdom, UK
Posted
Company
Cognizant
Location
United Kingdom, UK
Posted