Actica Consulting Limited

Security Architect Department: Consultancy Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: United Kingdom / Hybrid Description As a Security Architect at Actica, you will have the opportunity to provide support to a wide range of high-profile UK public sector and defence organisations. You will help ensure the security of nationally critical projects that make a real difference to people's everyday lives. You will provide consultancy to UK public sector and defence organisations to help them protect their systems and data whilst ensuring they meet the needs of their users. You will analyse threats, develop security solutions and ensure that security is embedded in delivery and operation. You will also research and assess new or unfamiliar technologies to identify security benefits and potential weaknesses. Our position as a client side advisor means that this role requires significant stakeholder engagement, dealing directly with the client, including in resolving day day issues involved in assignment delivery and developing follow on opportunities, so excellent interpersonal and influencing skills are essential. You will produce high quality formal deliverables, sometimes to challenging timescales. Key Responsibilities Direct engagement with clients to understand their cyber security threats, risk appetite and constraints. Identifying security risks and appropriate countermeasures. Working with solution architects and risk advisors to define and document an appropriate security architecture to meet the business need and address the cyber security threats. Selecting appropriate security controls and allocating them to solution components. Providing assurance to ensure that solutions address the cyber security threats. Supporting production of cyber security policy and processes. Supporting client procurements, including developing security requirements and evaluating options. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise A track record in security architecture for digital projects or programmes is essential, with experience within the Defence and / or UK Public Sector being desirable. You must hold at least one security architecture relevant qualification (e.g. a relevant degree, CISSP etc.). The fast changing nature of the ICT environment together with the need to resource multiple, ad hoc assignments also requires the individual to be intellectually agile, proactive and self motivated - with the ability to apply a structured approach to often unfamiliar subject matter. A broad experience of cyber security is highly desirable, including: Threat modelling and risk management. Security architecture principles and frameworks (e.g., Zero Trust, SABSA, TOGAF, NIST) Public and private clouds. Network security, identity, credential and access management (ICAM), encryption, and endpoint security. Application security for Software as a Service (SaaS), COTS applications and bespoke software. Software Development Lifecycles including SecDevOps and CI/CD pipelines Operational Technology. Operating at multiple classifications (Official, Secret and Top Secret) and the security of cross domain solutions. You may not feel that your skills precisely match the requirements of this job specification; however, we encourage you to apply if this is a role that appeals to you. We require individuals with a broad skillset, so there may be other aspects of your experience which are equally important to us, but that are perhaps not listed in the role specification above. Candidates must be eligible and willing to gain UK Security Clearance to apply for this position. Career Development You will be given the opportunity to further your career in consulting, specialising in the application of a broad range of methodologies and technical specialisations to a wide range of business problems. A Mentor will be on hand to provide support and guidance throughout your journey with Actica. You will also work with a Performance and Development Manager, often outside of your project line of control, who will conduct regular reviews based on project feedback to set career objectives and identify training courses which are both relevant to your current project work, and aligned with your planned career progression. We provide substantial training, including online, classroom and in house courses, leading to nationally recognised qualifications in areas such as Security Assurance, Security Architecture, Governance, Agile Methodologies, Project Management, Business Analysis, and Enterprise Architecture. Diversity and Inclusion Actica aims to nurture a diverse workforce through inclusive working practices, promoting equality in our recruitment activities, and by employing candidates on the basis of merit. Discrimination against individuals on the grounds of protected characteristics is not permitted and we take steps to ensure that our staff are made aware of their legal responsibilities when making hiring decisions. Benefits We offer a competitive suite of benefits.

Consultant Solution/Technical Architect Department: Consultancy Employment Type: Full Time Location: United Kingdom / Hybrid Description The Consultant Solution / Technical Architect role provides an opportunity to support a wide range of UK public sector and defence organisations on nationally critical digital programmes. You will provide consultancy to UK public sector and defence organisations to help them get maximum benefit from their ICT investments. You will analyse and develop solution and technical architectures based on the needs of the customer, including the associated technologies and operational processes. You will also research and assess new or unfamiliar technologies developments and routes to exploit these in support of our customers. Our position as a client-side advisor means that this role requires significant stakeholder engagement, dealing directly with the client, including in resolving day day issues involved in assignment delivery and developing follow on opportunities, so excellent interpersonal and influencing skills are essential. You will produce high quality formal deliverables, sometimes to challenging timescales. Key Responsibilities Direct engagement with clients to understand their business drivers, requirements and constraints. Defining end to end solution architectures including Business, Information/Data, Applications and Infrastructure views. Development of solutions and product investigation/selection and supporting implementation in critical national infrastructure projects. Supporting large ICT procurements, including developing technical requirements and evaluating options. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Essential A track record in technical or solution architecture for digital projects or programmes is essential. The fast changing nature of the ICT environment together with the need to resource multiple, ad hoc assignments also requires the individual to be intellectually agile, proactive and self motivated - with the ability to apply a structured approach to often unfamiliar subject matter. Desirable Experience working on Digital or ICT programmes within the Defence and / or UK Public Sector. Solution Architecture development and review using industry standard frameworks or modelling standards (e.g. TOGAF, Archimate language) and tooling (such as BizzDesign, SparxEA or Archi). Experience with two or more of the following Cloud Platforms: Understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud, or VMware VCF (with ability to design cloud native or hybrid solutions). Suitable qualifications might include Cisco CCNP, Amazon Web Services Solution Architect, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, Google Associate Cloud Engineer, VMware Certified Professional. A solid foundation in infrastructure. Understanding networking, integration of software defined networking within cloud, storage, virtualization, and server technologies such as Cisco, Dell, Palo Alto Integration & APIs: REST, event driven architectures, message brokers, API gateways. Data: data models, data flows, data governance, analytical platforms. Security: familiarity with NCSC and cloud security principles, identity & access management, zero trust, data protection and regulatory compliance. The nature of Actica's business means that a wide and varied background is preferable and the capability to adapt quickly to change is always required. While Guildford is our home base, consultants typically spend their time working remotely. For most clients, consultants spend 2 3 days working remotely and 2 3 days co located with colleagues at a client's site or our office in Guildford. For some projects, there will be a requirement to work up to 5 days a week co located with colleagues. All work is team based, with a high level of engagement with other Actica and client team members. Candidates must be eligible and willing to gain UK Security Clearance to apply for this position.