Senior Security Architect

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Full time
Location: Coventry
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Job offered by: Severn Trent
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Category: IT & Technology
Severn Trent

Explore Severn Trent PLC. You will find information for investors, our share price and returns as well as all our career opportunities. Severn Trent provides critical national infrastructure to millions of customers in our region 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our Technology team is vital to keeping the operation moving, as we deliver and maintain secure and stable IT services which maximize value to our business. We’re stacked with highly talented and innovative individuals who are always searching for exciting new ways to aid our business colleagues, and ultimately, our customers' experience. We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality, as we know diverse minds, experiences, and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities where they live. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW As a large, FTSE100 organisation, effective cyber security and resilience are vital for maintaining customer, employee, regulatory, and shareholder confidence and safe conduct of our business operations. As a senior security architect, you will play an integral part in defining and assessing Severn Trent’s security strategy, architecture, and practices. We’ll look for you to lead a team of security architects and partner with business and technical teams, with the prime function of effectively translating business objectives and risk management strategies into solutions enabled by technologies and processes. In this newly created role, you will be reporting directly to the Enterprise Security Architect (ESA) and will be required to deputize at stated times. This is a diverse and challenging role and will require you to have substantial people, stakeholder, and technical skills, as well as the ability to work under considerable pressure in a fast-paced, regulated environment. Other key accountabilities include: Develop and maintain security solutions that enable the enterprise to develop and implement effective security services and capabilities aligned with business, technology, and threat drivers. Develop and maintain security architecture and secure-by-design artefacts and standards that can be used to leverage security capabilities in projects and operations. Serve as the primary liaison between the enterprise security architect and the security architects, coordinating with system owners, project managers, delivery teams, and wider business stakeholders on the planning and management of security architecture engagements and deliverables. WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE We’re looking for you to have strong strategic planning and communication skills to develop practical security solutions, evaluate the financial costs of recommended technologies, and translate complex security-related matters into business terms that are readily understood by colleagues. It would also be essential for you to have experience in using architecture methodologies such as SABSA, Zachman, and/or TOGAF. We’d also like you to have experience in information security management systems and ideally a working knowledge of the methodologies to conduct risk assessments and threat-modeling exercises on applications and services. Experience securing the deployment of applications and infrastructure into cloud services and experience in designing IAM technologies would be massively beneficial. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognize great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live. With that in mind, here are just some of our favorite perks that you’ll get being part of the Severn Trent family: 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year) Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance) Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%) Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’ Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers Family friendly policies (including a year off fully paid maternity and adoption leave) Two volunteering days per year WHAT'S NEXT? We can’t wait to hear from you. Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails. If this has sparked your curiosity, and you're wanting to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media. Find even more open roles below ordered by popularity of job title or skills/products/technologies used.

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