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Information Assurance Architect, Security Architect, CESG, Government, Security, Change, Risk, Architect, Design, Countermeasures, Vulnerabilities, Review, Government, Information Assurance

CESG certified Information Assurance/Security Architect required for a 6-month contract with a government client in Central London.

This role is paying £550 per day outside IR35.

Role Purpose

To drive beneficial security change into the business through the development or review of architectures so that they:

Fit business requirements for security
Mitigate the risks and conform to the relevant security policies
Balance information risk against cost of countermeasures

Responsibilities

To achieve a particular responsibility level the candidate should meet the standard in the headline statement. The supporting bullet points provide examples of activities, behaviours or responsibility consistent with the standard. Other examples may also meet the standard.

Headline Statement

Enables the design and implementation of secure7 IS architectures
7 In this context ‘secure’ means that when subsequently tested by a CHECK penetration test, no unexpected vulnerabilities are found that require design changes.
Identifies information risks that arise from potential solution architectures
Designs alternate solutions to mitigate identified information risks
Ensures that alternate solutions or countermeasures mitigate identified information risks
Applies 'standard' security techniques and architectures to mitigate security risks
Develops new architectures that mitigate the risks posed by new technologies and business practices
Provides consultancy and advice to customers on IA and architectural problems
Supervises Security Architects reporting to them

Candidates must be CESG Certified IA Professional Senior IA Architect

To be considered for this role please submit your application by 10:00am on the 17/10/2017.

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