Job Description:

Security Architect

Site Based: Salisbury

Security Clearance: Current DV Clearance, or able to achieve DV

At DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than just a motto, it’s something we strive towards constantly through our work. Every day we deliver mission critical services in a secure environment whilst promoting our people first agenda, a real sense of community and a healthy work-life balance. Our consistently positive customer feedback and continuous growth helps us cement our place as one of the world’s leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations.

We believe that hiring a diverse team is crucial to our success and our recruiting decisions are based on your skills and experience as an individual. We actively encourage consistent growth on our journey towards a culture of inclusion and recognise that the people we employ are vital to providing a great customer experience. As such, we have a variety of training, support, and tools available to aid in your continual personal and professional development. Our ongoing goal is to drive innovation and modernise operations across the board, which includes furthering the skills of our colleagues. At DXC, building a better you, builds a better us.

At DXC, one of our platinum accounts has openings for Security Architects at varying skill level the successful candidate will need to be innovative and motivated with a high level of autonomy, able to develop and present secure solutions to leadership and technical teams.

Role responsibilities:

• Architect solutions and technically lead their implementation
• Working closely with the customer’s architecture team to develop solutions
• Technically lead security projects, ensuring that the customer’s security requirements are met.
• Provide assistance and support on architectural/technical issues to other team members as required, whilst sharing technical knowledge and experiences
• Gain and maintain a working knowledge of the DXC Portfolio of Security Products and Services, promoting this with the customer and encouraging best fit solutions
• Continually review and enhance existing knowledge of the security aspects of common product sets and technologies
• Provide ‘soft’ consultancy skills and a proactive approach to gain the absolute trust of our customers
• Support consultancy team personnel.
• Participate in providing mentoring support and guidance to team members to help grow skills and capabilities

What you will bring to the team:

• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Effective analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a high-pressure team environment.
• An enthusiasm for learning and understanding new technology.
• An understanding of the importance of total customer care, including expectation management.

• Strong decision-making abilities.
• Self-motivation and resilience, even when under pressure.
• A well planned and resourceful approach to working, being able to prioritise tasks effectively.

Essential skills:

• Knowledge in Information Security Consultancy; Experience with cloud development and security requirements.
• Knowledge of security architectural and/or enterprise architectural frameworks (e.g., SABSA, TOGAF).
• Experience of designing and implementing security solutions through to operation, experience of multi-supplier/multi-platform environments.
• Ability to interpret and apply appropriate standards, policies, and legislation, e.g., PCI DSS, COBIT, SOX, DPA, HMG SPF, JSP 440, CESG IA Portfolio, ISO27001, etc.
• CESG Certified Professional (CCP) IA Architect; CCP Security Information Risk Advisor (SIRA); CISSP; ISSAP; SCF/SCP/SCM; TOGAF; ITAC Level 1/2/3; ISO 27001.
   

What we will do for you:

• Competitive compensation
• Pension scheme
• DXC Select – Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more)
• Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more)
• DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events etc)

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