Security Architect
Hybrid
England, United Kingdom
Freelance
19-03-2025
Job Specifications
On behalf of DWP we are looking for a Security Architect for a 6 month (Inside IR35) contract. Hybrid working with 2 days per week required in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle or Blackpool.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.
Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:
* Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation
* Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now
* Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society
* Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.
As a Security Architect your main responsibilities will be to:
* Conceptionally develop and agree design proposals with the supplier to meet business (DWP and AP) needs.
* Validate and assure design solutions.
* Support the business in determining priority based on understanding of the drivers for change and the deliverability of change.
* Undertake impacting of policy and business change proposals to determine the IT impacts and strategic fit of change.
* Production of enterprise and reference architecture documentation as a model to informing business, security and strategy change.
* Analysis and presentation of risk in relation to the IT environment supporting Health Assessments and making recommendations for risk reduction.
Essential:
* Security Architecture experience within a large government department.
* Risk identification and security management skills.
* Previous experience of presenting technical solutions for Architecture Governance at Design Authorities.
* Ability to produce detailed Architecture design artifacts like Solution Overview documents.
* CISSP Qualification.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Disability Confident
As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
Armed Forces Covenant
DWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".
About the Company
Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) is a government-let framework, managed by AMS on behalf of Crown Commercial Services (CCS) for the provision of Contingent Labour, Statement of Work and Recruit, Train, Deploy services. PSR is the largest Managed Service Programme across Europe with circa 17,000 contract workers and is supported by over 500 employees split across AMS and our key partner Brook Street (part of the Manpower group). We are currently recruiting for various Government departments so if you are interested in worki... Know more
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