DEVSECOPS Architect

The role holder will be a subject matter expert in DevSecOps approaches and best practices, playing a

crucial role in bridging development, security, and operations. Demonstrable knowledge of the DevOps

culture and principles, Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices, Application security

knowledge, Cloud infrastructure knowledge and familiarity with CI/CD tools, security tooling, and

automation tools.

The role holder will have overall accountability and oversight for the technical solution delivered for this

domain.

What I'll be doing - your accountabilities?

* Creates and owns the E2E technical solution

that underpins the goal of Establishing a

sustainable "DevSecOps" practice.

* Defines solutions that are deliverable, are

customer experience led, that meet the

business needs, are secure, drive target

architecture where possible, are compliant

with relevant industry and company policies

and factor in all impacted technical and

business areas.

* Applies specialist technical expertise to

develop and advise approach on a range of

complex, high impact and high risk solutions.

* Operates in a highly complex and

ambiguous environment across the company

and wider technical industry and / or specific

customer sector.

* Ensures solutions delivered are complete

and have integrity, and support the

architectural strategy and simplified operating

model.

* Proactively identifies initiatives to drive

simplification, target architecture, improved

customer experience, improved business

agility and lower cost to serve. Actively

contributes to architecture roadmaps and

long term planning.

* Liaises with organisational stakeholders,

ensuring business needs are met through

assurance of the design.

Capabilities required for the job

[Please include additional capabilities as required

but do not delete standard capabilities]

* Technology excellence - You maintain a

deep expertise in emerging technology

trends. You use specialised skills and

knowledge to guide the business and

develop content to support the sharing of

complex technical information.

* Systems thinking - You put projects into

operation. You consider different

perspectives, the organisational context

and behaviours and the links between

structure, people, process and technology

to make sure we succeed.

* Ability to translate business and customer

outcomes into architecture solutions

* Ability and experience of driving complex

technology transformation and execution

at pace

* Be agile - You identify opportunities to

use collaborative approaches and

continuous improvement. You contribute

to projects as a subject matter expert or

content owner.

* You produce complete, secure end to end

solution designs across the full range of

impacts and across a range of specialisms,

through collaboration with subject matter

experts as necessary.

* You are a subject matter expert in

domain specialism relevant to

DevSecOps, Application Security

* You produce solutions collaboratively in

an agile environment, evolving solutions

in partnership with engineering teams

through the build/measure/learn process,

whilst taking accountability for the overall

solution.

* Connected Behaviours

* Collaborative partner - You develop

great working relationships with

stakeholders, sharing knowledge and

collaborating.

* Solution focussed achiever - You

deliver and coordinate activities and

respond positively to challenges.

* Mandatory - deep experience of

delivering secure solution designs

for a large corporate business over

5+ years

* Mandatory - experience of range of

business, data, systems, network and

technology architecture and due

diligence experience

* Mandatory - subject matter expert in

DevSecOps approaches and best

practices

* Mandatory - Demonstrable

knowledge of the DevOps culture and

principles, Secure Software

Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

practices, Application security

knowledge, Cloud infrastructure

knowledge and familiarity with CI/CD

tools, security tooling, and

automation tools.

* Preferred - experience of agile

product ownership and solution

architecture methods and practices

across a range of delivery

methodologies including agile.

* Preferred - experience in operating

model, process, and business

architecture with a knowledge cross

business function, and product.

* Preferred - technical depth

particularly around service-based

architecture.

Please send in your latest CV

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