Lead Cyber Security Architect

About the Role

Our world-leading Time & Frequency department seeks a Cyber Security Architect.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join the global authority in precision timing at a defining moment for UK digital infrastructure.

Backed by a government investment of £180 million in the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme, we're developing a world-first resilient time distribution capability, providing industry with a robust complement to satellite systems such as GPS (which can be vulnerable to disruption from solar storms, jamming and spoofing).

This capability will support essential services including:

• Telecommunications
• Online banking
• Emergency response,
• Transport networks, and more.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Cyber Security Architecture and Design of systems and services, at organisational and inter-organisational level.
• Define and evolve enterprise security architecture, principles, strategies and roadmaps, aligned with security strategy and risk appetite.
• Translate threat and risk requirements (business, security, current and emerging) into practical security architectures, controls and mitigations.
• Oversee the design and delivery of cyber operational capabilities, ensuring security architectures translate effectively into secure, resilient operational services.
• Lead security architecture and design reviews, identifying risks and ensuring appropriate security controls are incorporated.
• Provide independent security risk and architecture consultancy, influencing customers and senior stakeholders across UK Government and the private sector.

About You

You're already operating as a Cyber Security Architect or Senior Cyber Consultant, combining technical expertise with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Essential

• Significant experience delivering security architecture across complex technology environments.
• Translating business, security, risk and threat requirements into security architectures, principles, strategies, roadmaps, controls and mitigations.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT environments and associated business processes.
• Security design across multiple domains, including networks, infrastructure, virtualisation and cloud.
• Technical assurance, reviewing designs, systems, cloud services and controls against security policies, standards and regulatory requirements.
• Providing independent security consultancy and challenge, influencing customers and senior stakeholders on security risk and decision-making.

Desirable

• Experience within government, defence, regulated or security-sensitive environments.
• Professional qualifications such as CISSP, SABSA, CISM or CCSP (with additional certifications across cloud security, architecture, networking and/or assurance)
• Experience evaluating and adopting emerging technologies and methodologies.

We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that nationality, residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.

However, to work in this role in the Time & Frequency department, you will need to have an SC clearance with no restrictions, or you must have the ability to obtain an SC clearance.

Please note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert therefore we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as practical.

Role known internally as Principal Enterprise Security Architect

About Us

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a world-leading centre of excellence that provides cutting-edge measurement science, engineering and technology to underpin prosperity and quality of life in the UK.

At NPL, we believe our success is a result of the diversity and talent of our people. We strive to nurture and respect individuals to ensure everyone feels valued by treating everyone on the basis of their own individual merits and abilities regardless of their own or perceived identity, as part of our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we hold memberships and accreditations to ensure we're creating an environment where all our colleagues feel supported and welcome, please see our Diversity & Inclusion page.

We are committed to the health and well-being of our employees. Flexible working and social activities are embedded in our culture to create a positive work-life balance, along with a broad range of benefits. Our values are at the heart of what we do, and they shape the way we interact, develop our people and celebrate success.

To ensure everyone has an equal chance, we're always willing to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss, please contact us.