Senior Security Architect

Summary

Join Allwyn Lottery Solutions, a leading multinational lottery operator, as a Solutions Security Architect. You will analyze and provide security requirements and documentation to ensure delivered software solutions have appropriate security services integrated. Key responsibilities include providing security direction, assessing risks and recommending mitigation strategies, working with project teams to drive security requirements, and overseeing security implementation throughout the SDLC. You will also produce and maintain security architecture blueprints and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in various cybersecurity areas, experience in security architecture design and standards, and strong communication and problem-solving skills. Allwyn offers a comprehensive benefits package including attractive salary, bonus plan, health and life insurance, well-being allowance, and flexible working arrangements.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Experience in security architecture with a strong understanding of Cloud technologies, Virtualization and Kubernetes, Modern software architectures, COTS integrations
• Experience in security architecture design and standards
• Experienced in creating and reviewing technical documentation and designs (i.e. ADD, HLD, Threat Modells)
• Experience with Data Privacy Standards and Compliance
• Previous proven experience working in a similar technical Solution Security Architect role
• Articulate highly technical issues to a non-technical business audience
• Build and maintain relationships with key decision makers, business functions and technology capabilities
• Independent and autonomous approach to work
• Analytical skills, strong abstraction capabilities and excellent problem-solving skills
• Mentoring and coaching of junior members of the team

Responsibilities

• Provide security direction to ensure that security is a key focus for the deliverables and products
• Assess risks (through assessments, threat models) and recommend mitigation strategies in areas such as perimeter security, IAM, access control, encryption, monitoring and logging
• Work closely with project teams, architects, and developer teams to drive security requirements, architectures, patterns, and approaches ensuring solutions are secure by design in terms of infrastructure, networking and application layers for cloud, on premise and hybrid environments
• Interpret high level business requirements, translate them to security ones (i.e. functional, NFRs) and communicate them to solution architects, developments and engineers
• Oversee and ensure security requirements are implemented during SDLC and overall delivery facilitating and leading the relevant delivery quality gates (i.e. signoff) from security architecture point of view
• To produce, document and maintain reference security architecture and blueprints to ensure that the overall delivered architecture is fit for purpose and effective when transitioned into service
• Knowledge share sessions with the wider team

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion, drive, and a belief in the value of proper enterprise security architecture as an enabler of business performance
• Expertise within several of the following cybersecurity areas: application security, mobile security, modern authentication and authorisation protocols (including i.e. OAuth 2.0 and FIDO 2), cloud-native architectures, network security, infrastructure security, APIs and gateways
• Security architecture certifications such as GIAC, ISSAP, AWS Security Architect or SABSA are considered as plus but not mandated
• It will be nice to have a knowledge base in Lottery Hosts or in Lottery Ticketing System

Benefits

• Attractive salary and a bonus plan
• Health and life insurance for you and your family
• Well-being allowance
• Monthly lunch allowance
• Developmental 360° feedback framework
• Unlimited Training options and tools
• Extensive leave plan
• Employee Assistance Program with specialized Counselors / Licensed Psychologists
• Flexible working arrangements (fully remote/hybrid)
• Apple equipment and top-notch office technology to support our hybrid working