£600 - £650 Per day
Security Assistants
Full-time, Contract
Job Description
- Responsible for the development, implementation, delivery and support of an enterprise information Security Architecture aligned to the strategic requirements of the Council.
- Responsible for ensuring compliance between business strategies and information security and leads the provision of information security resources expertise, guidance and systems necessary to execute strategic and operational plans across all of the organisation's information systems.
- Responsible for providing expert advice and guidance on security strategies to manage identified risks and ensure adoption and adherence to standards.
- Leading the Delivery of security innovation to the advantage of the Council by capturing and prioritising market and environmental trends, business strategies and objectives, and identifying the business benefits of alternative strategies ensuring alignment to the Security Architecture.
- Leading assessment an approval of technical design to ensure Information Security Architectural conformance which ensures effective protection of Council data.
- Responsible for setting and maintaining Security Standards and Principles and ensuring they are correctly employed in all technical initiatives to ensure commonality of solutions design and implementation.
- Responsible for obtaining vulnerability information and conducts security risk assessments, business impact analysis and accreditation on complex information systems to ensure appropriate protection of Council data.
- Leads the creation and review of a security capability strategy that meets the strategic requirements of the business.
- Leads collaboration and provides expert advice and guidance regarding security issues to Business Partners, Operational Teams and Suppliers to develop and present business cases, for high-level initiatives, approval, funding and prioritisation compliant with the Council Information Security Architecture.
- Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Able to demonstrate extensive experience in a Senior Security Architecture Role preferably working within a large Local Authority or with a Service Provider providing Public Sector Business Solutions and Architectural Services.
- Must demonstrate a track record of leading and working within effective teams delivering Security Solutions that have been proved successful in meeting complex business requirements and in enabling standardisation, simplification, sharing and re-use.
- Accredited to ISACA Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or similar qualification such as AxelosRESILIA and must have demonstrable understanding and capability to employ supporting frameworks and methodologies such as TOGAF 9.2, ArchiMate, BPMN, COBIT and IT4IT.
- Able to demonstrate a clear understanding and capability to work within relevant ICT related standards including IITILV3, ISO/IEC 38500, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 22301, ISO/IEC 20000, PRINCE2 and MSP
- Excellent written, verbal communication and presentational skills.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Experience in the use of Enterprise Modelling tools and methods such as EA Sparx and OrbusiServer.
- Experience of developing systems in line with GDS and Cyber Security Group guidelines.
- Evidence of continual professional development to keep pace with technical and business change that meet defined SFIAV7 competencies.
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent in experience in a relevant subject.
Reference no: 102168