GCS

GCS

Reading, South East

Security Architect - Cyber Resilience

Contract£? - ? per yearevvelsi günUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:
  • Proven experience as a Solution or Security Architect within cyber security or enterprise infrastructure.
  • Strong hands-on experience with one or more of the following technologies: Rubrik, Cohesity, Veeam (Immutable Backup), Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery.
  • Experience designing cyber resilience and ransomware recovery solutions.
  • Strong knowledge of hybrid cloud environments, including Azure, AWS and/or GCP.
  • Experience with enterprise security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR and IAM/PAM.
  • Strong understanding of disaster recovery and business continuity principles.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Desirable: experience working within highly regulated sectors.
  • Desirable: exposure to OT / ICS environments.
  • Desirable: certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, TOGAF or Azure/AWS Architecture certifications.
  • Desirable: experience with automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
Responsibilities:
  • Design end-to-end cyber resilience and backup architectures across enterprise environments.
  • Develop secure backup and recovery strategies for both IT and operational technology (OT) environments.
  • Architect ransomware protection, immutable backup and cyber recovery solutions.
  • Define disaster recovery and business continuity strategies aligned to business requirements.
  • Work closely with infrastructure, cloud and cyber security teams to deliver resilient hybrid environments.
  • Conduct cyber resilience assessments, threat modelling and recovery planning.
  • Support cyber recovery testing and resilience exercises.
  • Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across multiple workstreams.
  • Engage with senior stakeholders, engineering teams and third-party technology partners.
Technologies:
  • AWS
  • Ansible
  • Architect
  • Azure
  • Cloud
  • GCP
  • IAM
  • Support
  • Security
  • TOGAF
  • Terraform
  • Veeam

More:

We are supporting a leading UK organisation as they continue to invest in strengthening their cyber resilience capabilities. This is a 12-month contract based in Berkshire / Reading, with hybrid working of 1-2 days per week on-site and an immediate start available. We are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Cyber Security Architect to play a key role in a major transformation programme, helping to protect both IT and operational environments against evolving cyber threats.

last updated 30 week of 2026

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