UKI Technology Consulting- Cyber Security Architect, Senior Manager / Manager

The opportunity

EY’s cyber security practice is one of the fastest growing areas of the business with significant ambition for the future through additional recruitment and acquisition. You will be a core member of a highly skilled and rapidly growing team of Technical Security specialists.

As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to grow your career in leading the delivery of security architecture and design solutions with a significant opportunity for leadership experience and career progression.

This specific Role is client side and client facing.

Your key responsibilities

Your role will be as a security architect to assist in security architecture design reviews through the lifecycle complex projects across a wide selection of technologies and platforms for our client’s digital solutions. You will secure enterprise information by determining security requirements; planning, implementing, and testing security systems; preparing security standards, policies, and procedures; mentoring team members.

You will belong to an internationally connected team of specialists helping clients with their most complex cybersecurity needs and contributing toward their security posture and business resilience.

The successful candidate will have a highly technical information security background and will be well versed in cloud security technologies, standards and best practices. Preference will be given to any candidate who has experience in securing cloud environments with strong network and hybrid cloud / on-prem experience. This person will also possess strong organisation and communication skills and the ability to work independently or in a highly collaborative environment.

Knowledge and Skills for the role include

• Ability to take on responsibility for project security review reports and to follow these through to completion including liaising with security and project stakeholders and offer robust security posture advice and ensuring formal security approval of ‘go live’ scenarios.
• Ability to independently lead and support remote teams in performing complex architecture reviews in a variety of environments, liaising with several teams across different client sites
• Expert-level security knowledge in technical
• Understanding and experience designing and implementing enterprise security and solution security architectures for large organisations leveraging frameworks such as SABSA and TOGAF
• Implementation of cybersecurity controls using industry-leading practices such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, OWASP, Centre for Internet Security (CIS), ISO 27001, COBIT etc
• Experience in maintaining compliance with regulations and standards such as NISD, GDPR, PCI-DSS etc in executing security architecture design reviews and advice, in addition to audit requirements and exacting reporting formats
• Experience in security vulnerability identification, application security remediation and threat modelling approaches such as cyber kill chain, STRIDE, exposure analysis etc
• An in-depth awareness and understanding of the cyber and business risks associated with the threat and vulnerability and penetration testing domain
• Requirement to stay up-to-date on current security threats, trends and control solutions
• Experience in preparing system security reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing data and trends for project and operational and project governance reporting
• A consultative manner and customer facing skills with the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels and advise on best practices in the security domain
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and ability to negotiate and manage expectations with business as well as technology stakeholders.

Experience and attributes for success :

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You will also have focussed on some of these areas in the past :

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What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer :

All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include :

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

Career Progression

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Inclusion & Diversity

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging : Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.

We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.