Security Architect - Manchester - N BROWN

    N BROWN
    N BROWN Manchester

    2 days ago

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    Description

    We're seeking a Security Architect to create, maintain and enforce frameworks, processes and technical designs safeguarding N Brown's data, systems and digital ecosystem.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Develop enterprise-wide data security strategies ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of information assets.
    • Establish and maintain security standards, policies and guidelines aligning with regulatory frameworks, business objectives and industry best practices.
    • Collaborate with Data Governance team to integrate controls for sensitive data across its lifecycle.
    • Drive adoption of encryption standards and other data protection mechanisms across applications, databases and file systems.
    • Collaborate with DPO to ensure security architecture supports privacy obligations under GDPR and other regulations.

    Cyber Security Architecture:

    • Design and implement layered defence architectures protecting against evolving threat landscape.
    • Define security posture for enterprise infrastructure, including network segmentation, secure endpoints and resilient cloud environments.
    • Collaborate with engineering teams to build scalable, secure applications following secure coding principles and frameworks.
    • Develop strategies for integrating security monitoring and detection tools into IT landscape.
    • Partner with incident response teams to ensure architecture supports rapid containment and recovery in event of breach or cyberattack.

    Cloud Security Architecture:

    • Define security strategies for hybrid and multi-cloud environments ensuring consistent protection across all platforms.
    • Evaluate and recommend cloud-native security tools and controls, such as cloud access security brokers (CASBs), cloud firewalls and key management systems.
    • Collaborate with Cloud Operations and DevOps teams to implement secure infrastructure-as-code practices and cloud deployment pipelines.
    • Ensure compliance with cloud security standards such as CIS benchmarks and shared responsibility models.

    Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL):

    • Establish and champion SDL across all application development teams.
    • Provide guidance on secure coding practices, static/dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST) and code review processes.
    • Work with development teams to ensure security is considered at every stage, from design through deployment.
    • Introduce automated tools to enhance SDL efficiency, such as vulnerability scanning in CI/CD pipelines.
    • Drive security awareness among developers, offering training and mentorship on threats and mitigation techniques.

    What skills and experience will you have?

    • A good understanding of cloud security controls and tooling, ideally in AWS but GCP and Azure will also be beneficial.
    • Understanding of secure coding and application design principles.
    • Good knowledge of ecommerce threat landscape and pragmatic approach to applying relevant controls to mitigate those threats.
    • Experience of building strong security governance into guard rails.
    • Experience of applying security controls and mitigations iteratively in an agile/DevSecOps environment.
    • Excellent communication skills and proven ability to influence outcomes - strong interpersonal skills are essential.
    • Practical experience of governing solutions in an architecture function.
    • Flexibility and desire to learn.
    • Awareness of IT industry trends and being vendor and technology neutral to enable best-fit solutions to be found.
    • The ability to plan and rationalise project goals working from limited information and ending in a holistic design.
    • Decisiveness - be capable of presenting proposed solutions with confidence, providing clear guidance for outcomes.

    Desirable:

    • CompTIA Security+
    • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
    • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
    • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
    • Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
    • Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
    • AWS Certified Solutions Architect / GCP Cloud Architect / Azure Solutions Architect
    • A broad understanding of current techniques and tooling including API-first design, Cloud Native, Containerisation and PaaS on AWS, Azure or GCP.
    • Experience of working with Product or Agile teams at the same time, effectively governing architectural designs to enable continuous delivery.
    • Retail / Ecommerce experience

    What's in it for you?

    • Hybrid working
    • 24 days holiday + 8 bank holidays with option to buy additional 10 days
    • Annual bonus scheme
    • Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
    • Access to Apricity, a self-funding IVF benefit at reduced rate
    • Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution
    • Mental Health support both internally and externally, including access to wellbeing champions and counselling services
    • A range of financial wellbeing support
    • Colleague discount across all N Brown brands
    • Onsite café with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts
    • Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance
    • Paid volunteer time - all colleagues can take full day paid to volunteer for charity of their choice


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