Senior Security Solutions Architect

DXC; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT services company in the UK seeks an experienced professional in IT Security. The role involves understanding customer security needs, optimizing solutions, and leading integration efforts. Candidates should have 5-10 years of relevant experience and a strong grasp of security compliance requirements. This position offers flexibility in a collaborative environment with a focus on personal well-being.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years in IT Security, preferably in roles such as Security Pre-Sales or Solution Architect.
• Preferred experience in Central Government/UK Public Sector.
• Good understanding of Security Risk & Compliance domain and Regulatory requirements.
• Must be resident for minimum 5 years in UK to obtain UK BPSS/SC Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Understanding customer needs and business requirements for security offerings.
• Providing and optimizing security solutions for clients.
• Leading service element integration and managing inter-tower dependencies.
• Participating in negotiations of technical contract elements.
• Driving proposals and customer communications during pursuits.

Skills

IT Security

Consultative selling

Proposal writing

Presentation skills

Risk & Compliance understanding

Education

Technical University or Bachelor's degree

Tools

NCSC Secure design principles

NIST framework

Job description

**Job Description:****Responsibilities**Opportunity Analysis* Understanding which security offerings best addresses customer needs and business requirements* Ongoing qualification of solution meritsSolution Design and Development* Providing security solutions to meet client’s requirements and being able to adapt to new requirements* Addressing Security and Compliance requirements* Optimizing security solutions plus broader customer IT strategy* Taking end to end view of solution, ensuring elements within their responsibility deliver against the defined business outcomes, using standard components* Working with financial analysts to validate results versus applicable criteria* Capturing and highlighting risks and any associated costs* Modelling multiple offerings/components of security domains* Understanding interaction of deal variables (compliance, volumes, services, service level agreements, locations, and more) between tower components* Delivering and owning accurate financial models that are logically structured and reflect technical solutionSolution Leadership* Experience in directing solution activities* Ability to lead service element integration* Providing security solutions to meet client needs inclusive of Regulatory and Compliance requirement and being able to adapt to new requirementsSolution-Pursuit Integration* Anticipating, communicating and solution to optimize inter-tower dependencies, overlaps, staff sharing etc* Effectively integrating client tools, process adoption and delivery startup/transition needs* Clearly defining all risks through governance process and working to mitigateClient/Customer/Account Relationship* Understanding and addressing CISO / CxO issues* Applying consultative selling techniques to advance opportunities* Participating in supports negotiation of technical contract elements* Providing solution advice, driving proposals, presentations, and other customer communications during pursuit* Input to security offering teams to bring in changes to offerings as per latest security trends and compliance needs**Required*** 5-10 years in IT Security, mainly as one of follows Security Pre-Sales, Security Engineering, Cyber Security Consultant and Solution Architect.* Technical University or bachelor’s preferred.* Preferred experience in Central Government/UK Public Sector/CNI.* Understanding of NCSC Secure design principles, NCSC Cloud Security Principles and NIST framework would be beneficial.* Good exposure to pre-sales role involved in Cyber Security Solutioning and understanding the Security Market.* Involvement in architecting and proposing cyber security solutions to customer, experience in Managed Security Services market* Broad knowledge of outsourcing services and solutions with expertise in area of specialisation* Preferably having any of Security certifications like – CISSP, CCSP, CISA and/or Security Product certifications. ITIL and PMP certifications are good to have.* Good understanding of Security Risk & Compliance domain, Regulatory and Compliance requirements* Ability to work as lead for components of large complex projects.* Good proposal writing and presentation skills in English.* Must be able to obtain or hold UK BPSS/SC Clearance (Must be resident for minimum 5 years in UK)At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.Recruitment fraud is a scheme in which fictitious job opportunities are offered to job seekers typically through online services, such as false websites, or through unsolicited emails claiming to be from the company. These emails may request recipients to provide personal information or to make payments as part of their illegitimate recruiting process. DXC does not make offers of employment via social media networks and DXC never asks for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process, nor ask a job seeker to purchase IT or other equipment on our behalf. More information on employment scams is available ***.***DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world's largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience across their IT estates. Learn more about how we deliver excellence for our customers and colleagues at .