Security Architect L1 Job Wokingham area,England UK,IT/Tech

Position: SECURITY ARCHITECT L1(CONTRACT)

SECURITY ARCHITECT L1 (CONTRACT)

City:
Wokingham

State/Province:
Wokingham

Posting

Start Date:

1/14/26

Role Purpose

The purpose of this role is to design the organisation's computer and network security infrastructure and protect its systems and sensitive information from cyber threats.

Responsibilities

Design and develop enterprise cyber security strategy and architecture

Understand security requirements by evaluating business strategies and conducting system security vulnerability and risk analyses
Identify risks associated with business processes, operations, information security programs and technology projects
Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats and design security architecture elements to mitigate threats as they emerge
Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements
Provide product best fit analysis to ensure end to end security covering different faucets of architecture e.g. Layered security, Zoning, Integration aspects, API, Endpoint security, Data security, Compliance and regulations
Demonstrate experience in doing security assessment against NIST Frameworks, SANS, CIS, etc.
Provide support during technical deployment, configuration, integration and administration of security technologies
Demonstrate experience around ITIL or Key process-oriented domains like incident management, configuration management, change management, problem management etc.
Provide assistance for disaster recovery in the event of any security breaches, attacks, intrusions and unusual, unauthorized or illegal activity
Provide solution of RFP’s received from clients and ensure overall design assurance

Develop a direction to manage the portfolio of to-be-solutions including systems, shared infrastructure services, applications, hardware related to cyber risk security in order to better match business outcome objectives

Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, client requirements to set a collaboration design framework/ architecture

Depending on the client’s need with particular standards and technology stacks create complete RFPs

Provide technical leadership to the design, development and implementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of modern technology

Define and understand current state solutions and identify improvements, options & tradeoffs to define target state solutions

Clearly articulate and sell architectural targets, recommendations and reusable patterns and accordingly propose investment roadmaps

Evaluate and recommend solutions to integrate with overall technology ecosystem

Tracks industry and application trends and relates these to planning current and future IT needs

Stakeholder coordination & audit assistance

Liaise with stakeholders in relation to cyber security issues and provide timely support and future recommendations
Provide assistance in maintaining an information security risk register and help with internal and external audits relating to information security
Support audit of security best practices and implementation of security principles across the organization, to meet business goals along with customer and regulatory requirements
Assist with the creation, maintenance and delivery of cyber security awareness training to team members and customers
Provide training to employees on issues such as spam and unwanted or malicious emails

Deliverables

Customer centricity – Timely security breach solutioning to end users, Internal stakeholders & external customers experience, CSAT, educating and suggesting right control to the customers

Support sales team to create wins – % of proposals with Quality Index >7, timely support of the proposals, identifying opportunities/ leads to sell services within/ outside account (lead generation), no. of proposals led

Mandatory Skills

Microsoft Entra

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