Job Description

About us

ESO touches the lives of almost everyone in the UK, moving electricity and gas around an energy network that stretches the length and breadth of the UK. As the world changes to embrace cleaner energy and businesses shift to operate in a more responsible way, we are leading that charge and are focused on finding ways to decarbonise the energy system.
The Electricity System Operator sits at the heart of the UK energy system. We move electricity around the system to where it\'s needed in homes and businesses, balancing electricity supply and demand second by second, 24x7x365 days a year, keeping the lights on in the UK.
Climate change is the challenge of a generation and the time to act is now. The ESO plays a central role within the energy industry to deliver a greener future, looking at different energy scenarios many years ahead and thinking about how the market needs to adapt to achieve net-zero.
We\'re excited and proud of the role we are playing in the decarbonisation of the energy system so come join us, at ESO Digital, Data and Technology, on our truly transformative journey to help shape the future of energy and bring it to life.

Clearance Eligibility Required

This role is subject to National Security Vetting (NSV) in addition to our standard background checks being undertaken. National Security Vetting requires that you meet the Minimum Residency Criteria (MRC). You will have lived continuously in the United Kingdom for the required period of time, which in this case is 5 years.

Job Purpose

ESO is on a transformative journey to become a truly digital business. We are transforming the way we operate, adopting a customer-centric product model, shifting our culture to one that\'s open, innovative, and team-driven. We\'re deploying marketing leading, bleeding edge technologies to achieve net-zero operability by 2025.
To help support and enable our product teams to deliver world leading transformation projects securely, we\'re looking for an Enterprise Security Architect who can develop and maintain our security architecture, whilst bringing cyber security to life and helping to drive a security-focussed culture.
The role will work with both the Chief Information Security Officer and Enterprise Architecture functions to define a security architecture not only for a new independent organisation, but also one fit for our transformative future.

Key Accountabilities

• Development of security architecture in line with security policy and strategy
• Support development of the wider Digital, Data & Technology strategy to enable separation of the business into an independent organisation
• Defining the transition approach from existing to new architectures, developing a portfolio wide view
• Working in partnership with Enterprise Architecture, Solution Engineering and Operational Service Management to ensure the successful delivery of customer-centric outcomes
• Supporting the enterprise security strategy and objectives
• Perform impact assessments, dependency management, and risk & issues management
• Collaborating with peers across the portfolio to manage dependencies, priorities, integrations and change impacts on people, processes and/or technology
• Reporting key performance indicators and taking action to drive continuous improvement across Digital Platforms and Infrastructure Technology
• Ensure the Enterprise Architecture function are appraised of the latest threat intelligence and real-time security landscape
• Work closely with the Security function to define and develop enterprise security toolset
• Develop and maintain views of emerging technology opportunities

Experience Required

The successful candidate will have tangible experience of a background in Security Solutions Architecture and can demonstrate setting of architecture direction for Security at solution level. Additional domain experience such as Infrastructure, Networks, Information or Application is an advantage.

• Solid, proven background in Security Architecture
• Additional domain experience beneficial, e.g. networks, infrastructure
• Solid understanding of security techniques for securing devices and communications with them, such as: authentication, encryption, integrity checking and establishing a root of trust
• Experience in securing or developing strategies for cloud environments, particularly Microsoft Azure
• Experience working in a high-assurance environment, e.g. CNI, Government, finance
• A strong experience of using architecture frameworks (e.g. Zachman, TOGAF, SABSA) would be beneficial

Desired Capabilities

• Demonstrable experience and a proven track record in an architecture leadership role, or relevant architecture experience with an ambition to progress into a leadership role
• Ability to rapidly learn deeply technical subjects related to product security, and an ability to keep abreast of security impacts to critical, high-impact environments
• Strong customer engagement and stakeholder management experience
• Good communication skills with demonstrated ability to navigate a complex organization and generate buy-in for ideas and plans
• Experience and understanding of what it takes to operationalise and actualise strategies

More Information

Up to 6 figure package value dependent on capability.
As well as your base salary, you will receive a company car or allowance, a bonus of up to 20% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, a salary sacrifice technology scheme, support via the employee assistance line and matched charity giving to name a few.

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