Senior Lead, Information Security Technology and Architecture

Team purpose
The Cybersecurity and Information Assurance team is responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, availability of all SCI’s information assets (data and systems). The team is responsible for identifying, assessing and managing cybersecurity and information risk and investigating and managing cybersecurity incidents and data breaches.
Role purpose
The Senior Lead, Security Architect will report directly to SCI’s Director of Information Security and Data Protection and will be responsible for developing security architecture and technology solutions to address the growing cybersecurity and compliance requirements of the organisation.
Working alongside Cybersecurity Operations and Information Assurance colleagues, as well as technical and business teams from across the wider organisation, and SCI’s architecture team, the role holder will continuously assess and evolve SCI’s security architecture to ensure it incorporates security by design, it remains fit for purpose in response to organisational change, evolving threats, vendor and technology developments, and emerging capabilities such as artificial intelligence. The role includes both strategic architecture design and ongoing architecture overview as part of business-as-usual operations.
This is a highly collaborative role that will require combining extensive technical knowledge with strong communication and facilitative skills.Job Title: Senior Lead, Information Security Technology and Architecture
Reports To: Director of Information Security, Data Protection and Global IT Operations
Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available
Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: SCI Careers
Required Time Zone: Any
Contract Length: Permanent
Grade: P6
Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment
Language Requirements: English
International Travel: up to 5-10%
Remit: Global

Principal Accountabilities

• Accountable for leading SCI’s Security Architecture domain, including the ongoing oversight and evolution of the organisation’s security architecture, performing an architecture and consultancy role for senior technical and business stakeholders to guide them in security related architectural and strategic matters.
• Develop security architecture and technology solutions to address the current and emerging security and compliance requirements of the organisation, including guidance on the secure adoption of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and automation platforms.
• Review SCIs existing security architecture, identifying design gaps, technical debt, vendor and platform evolution impacts, and recommending security enhancements. Ensure alignment between security architecture frameworks and standards with the organisation’s overall missions and objectives.
• Provide technical leadership in architecting end to end solutions that meet business needs while ensuring that the implementation is in-line with the architectural principles, industry best practices and extensible and scalable for future needs.
• Assist in the development of enterprise security requirements; planning, implementing, and testing security systems; preparing security standards, policies, and procedures. This will include the review and approval of submissions to the Enterprise Architecture Board.
• Contribute to and support the governance of security architecture through participation in the Enterprise Architecture Board and relevant governance forums, ensuring security principles are embedded across new initiatives and architectural changes.
• Proactively identify and manage technical risks/issues; assessing the security architecture against evolving threat patterns, vulnerabilities, and architectural changes, while supporting and enhancing existing information security controls.
• Maintain active awareness of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and threat landscape developments, and disseminate relevant insights to stakeholders to inform the evolution of the organisation’s security architecture.
• Create and maintain architectural and design artefacts to ensure the up-to-date documentation for the relevant programs and projects is readily available and ensure the knowledge is disseminated.
• Business partner with stakeholders in the organisation to understand business requirements.
Contribute to the evolution and planning of the enterprise architecture by ensuring solutions are developed in line with technology and security roadmaps, and support the continuous evolution of the organisation’s security architecture strategy.

Experience and Skills
Essential

Desirable

• Experience in developing solution architectures for Azure including Azure / Entra AD, Azure SQL and Service Fabric.
• Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally.
• Experience in working on Enterprise/ Business Architecture strategies, roadmaps, business and technology capabilities and frameworks
• Experience of working within an agile project delivery environment.
• Understanding of application lifecycle management, the value of TDD and continuous integration.
• Experience supporting secure adoption and governance of Artificial Intelligence technologies, including risk assessment and architecture design for AI-enabled systems.
• Clear understanding of web services (REST, SOAP), SOA, CQRS, Messaging systems (ESB), distributed systems, file transfer protocols, and direct SQL interactions.
• Experience of configuration management / change management.

Education and QualificationsEssential

• Degree or diploma in Computer Science / Business Technology / Cybersecurity / Information Security, or relevant experience

Desirable

• Hold a Cybersecurity Masters Degree or a recognised cybersecurity or information security certification (i.e. CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+, CEH, etc.)

Working at Save the Children International
Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.
We know that great people make a great organisation, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.
We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.
Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.

Application Information
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found at SCI Careers. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.

Our Recruitment Process

We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-Harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.