Security Architect

Worthing, England, United Kingdom

11/29/2024

Closing Date

2025-01-12

Job Title: Security Architect

Location: Durrington (Worthing)

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours/ week

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!

It’s an exciting time to join us!

Big ambitions. Big investment. Big changes. We’ve a lot to offer Digital/IT professionals. We’ve already grown tenfold in the past couple of years. Now we’re beginning our biggest transformation programme as we enter AMP8 – and we can’t wait for what comes next, as part of an evolution so huge it’ll change the way we do things forever. There’s a buzz across our business. And digitalisation and data are at the heart of it all.

There aren’t many teams who can say their work is critical to the nation. But it’s something we take huge pride in. And it’s why we’re migrating to leading technology, upgrading networks, replacing vital infrastructure… and more. Helping us shape a Digital function that’s fit for the future, you’ll need an appetite for change and bags of ideas. Our people walk the talk too – driven by a passion to improve our communities and environment.

Job Overview

As our Security Architect, you will join us on our super exciting journey of Digital transformation. You will work closely with the Strategy and Architecture team as well as Senior Digital and Business Stakeholders in order to understand, define and implement the enterprise's technology, strategy, processes and information technology needs.

You’re be playing an important role in supporting us with protecting our Digital/IT services and in turn, will be helping us maintain our essential services for our customers as well as meeting our regulatory requirements and improving our environmental performance.

Responsibilities Will Include

• Developing and maintaining a security architecture process that enables the enterprise to develop and implement security solutions and capabilities that are secure by design and clearly aligned with business, technology and threat drivers
• Developing security strategy plans and roadmaps based on sound enterprise architecture practices
• Developing and maintaining security architecture artefacts (e.g models, reference architectures, templates, standards and procedures) that can be used to leverage security capabilities across our delivery portfolio and digital/IT operations
• Tracking developments and changes in the digital business and threat environments to ensure that they're adequately addressed in security strategy plans and architecture artefacts
• Participating in application and infrastructure projects to provide security-planning advice
• Drafting security procedures and standards to be reviewed and approved by executive management and/or formally authorized by the CISO
  
  

About You

Coming from a strong Digital/IT background, you will be an experienced Senior Security Architect who has experience of vulnerability management tools, working knowledge of the methodologies to conduct threat-modelling exercises on new applications and services as well as a solid understanding of Full-Stack Infrastructure and architecture methodologies such as SABSA, Zachman and/or TOGAF.

Strong experience in strategic delivery of change management and transformation is essential as is previous experience of working in a regulated environment/sector.

A track record of building trusted and influential relationships and coaching experience is highly desirable.

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday 37 hours a week.

Southern Water operate a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington office and home (2 days in the office).

Southern Water Benefits Include

• Generous pension; up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme
  
  

Join our Core Technologies team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.