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Cyber Security Architect
Job summary
A leading consultancy in cyber security is seeking a Cyber Security Architect to support a Defence programme in the UK. This role involves translating NIST controls into practical cloud designs and ensuring adherence to security standards. The successful candidate should possess strong cyber security architecture experience, ideally in Defence or public sector settings, along with knowledge of identity management, cryptography, and an active SC or DV clearance. The position offers hybrid working arrangements with client site time.
Qualifications
- Strong cyber security architecture experience in Defence or complex public sector settings.
- Knowledge across identity, PKI, vulnerability management, SIEM, cryptography and secure configuration.
- Ability to guide teams in an agile environment and work across multiple scrums.
- Active SC or DV clearance.
Responsibilities
- Translate NIST controls into practical cloud design and implementation guidance.
- Lead the design of an ABAC access model using Open Policy Agent.
- Shape an IdP approach that links human identity to ABAC policies.
- Advise on delegation of authority models for security systems.
- Produce clear, concise documentation to support accreditation and engineering teams.
Skills
Contract Cyber Security Architect
Rate: £650 to £750 per day
Clearance: SC or DV required
Location: Hybrid with some client site time
Ncounter are supporting a Defence programme building new cloud services on MODCloud, moving first onto GCP and later SCC. We are seeking a Cyber Security Architect to join a newly formed Agile Release Train and ensure the solution being delivered is secure, practical, and aligned to NIST and wider HMG standards. You will work across several scrums, providing clear technical guidance, shaping controls, and enabling secure design in a fast‑moving environment with limited runway.
- Translate NIST controls into practical cloud design and implementation guidance.
- Lead the design of an ABAC access model using Open Policy Agent.
- Shape an IdP approach that links human identity to ABAC policies.
- Advise on delegation of authority models for security systems.
- Assure security decisions across the cloud architecture and delivery pipeline.
- Produce clear, concise documentation to support accreditation and engineering teams.
- Strong cyber security architecture experience in Defence or complex public sector settings.
- Knowledge across identity, PKI, vulnerability management, SIEM, cryptography and secure configuration.
- Ability to guide teams in an agile environment and work across multiple scrums.
- Flexible mindset and confidence dealing with evolving requirements.
- Active SC or DV clearance.
If you want to deliver meaningful impact on a major Defence programme and drive secure engineering from day one, we would like to speak with you. Send your CV to Ncounter for a confidential discussion.
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