Lead Cloud Security Architect

Location: UK, Newbury

Role Purpose

Reporting directly to the Group Head of Security Strategy & Secure By Design, the Lead Cloud Security Architect looks to the future to refine and shape the global Vodafone security posture with respect to Vodafones Cloud strategy and the transformation programme. They are responsible for leading a range of technical work to develop Vodafones cloud security architectures to protect all aspects of Vodafone's IT systems.
Acting as a Secure Systems Design Authority, the role is responsible for Secure Solutions Design. They work with Vodafone's major strategic Public, Private & Hybrid Cloud programmes, planning controls to counter emerging threats and address evolving technology. They will develop the blueprint of technical security controls and corresponding roadmaps, assessing and influencing suppliers.
They are responsible for designing solutions and developing reference architectures that both balance security risk and protect customers, with user experience and business innovation. They also work across all local markets and Group entities to set the global IT security standards for Vodafone. This role also involves working with Group Privacy & Legal functions.

The role takes a long-term view of security control effectiveness, making use of and contributing towards constructive research and industry initiatives in the field of IT and Cloud. The individual is also expected to have a good understanding the latest research, vulnerability disclosures and policy topics with cloud architectures especially where they might have an impact on Vodafone and its customers, across all markets.

They will work to understand and improve security in various technologies and our global vendors. The role provides a sense of balance across the wider security architecture team to ensure security controls are implemented to support each other, are measured to demonstrate risk reduction and prepare Vodafone and it's customers for the evolving threat landscape.

With us you will:

Impact on the business: This role will be responsible for ensuring that Vodafone's cloud security architecture roadmap supports the business objectives. The security architecture strategy and roadmap is a critical component of the overall strategy to protect the global Vodafone brand and our customer's.
Leadership and teamwork: The role holder will be one of a team of Security Architects delivering world-class cost effective security solutions into the Vodafone business. They will also be expected to lead security solution design projects and to highlight and clearly articulate risk mitigation requirements to the business. The ability to lead and influence security strategy at a senior technical level is paramount, but the role holder should be business focussed, with the clear objective of security being a business enabler and a strong capability to communicate the security risk.

Innovation and change: The role holder will be responsible for driving a perception change from security from being seen as an inhibiter, to it being seen as a business differentiator.
Customers, supplier and third parties – The individual will work heavily with all stakeholders to forge a community within Vodafone to promote secure by design. He or she will also work with Vodafone's suppliers assessing and influencing their roadmaps to meet Vodafones Security Architecture.

Apply if you have:

• Expert knowledge of security architectures, technologies, standards and industry guidelines, especially those applicable to Public Cloud (SaaS, PaaS, Iaas) and Private/Hybrid Cloud.
• Expert knowledge of securing applications for an enterprise in key public and private/hybrid cloud vendors. Examples include Amazon, Azure, Google, Vmware, Oracle, RedHat.
• Familiarity and experience of applying at least one secure solution or enterprise methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, SABSA)
• At demonstrable experience and proven track record, in designing and deploying security features for a global organisation's IT infrastructure and applications.
• Excellent communication capabilities to provide rapid and concise summaries of complex scenarios and communicate security risk in business terms and the ability to interact effectively with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Recognised to be able to become a (L5/L6 Technical Career Path).
• Consultancy Skills delivered in culturally aware global corporate environments.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Bachelors and/or Masters degree in a relevant field e.g. IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, Telecoms.
Desired:
• Experience of security in Application development lifecycle and security in Continuous intergration.
• Agile software development methodologies and incorporation of security.
• Cryptography and Key Management.
• Security as a service offerings (identity management & cloud monitoring)
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