Lead Security Architect

Responsible for coordinating Cyber Security advice and activity in support of Air Command and Space Command Equipment Programme Senior Responsible Owner(s) (SRO).
Assure, advise and support Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) / Defence Digital (DD) in delivering security products and documentation in support of HQ Air Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) and Responsible Senior Owners (RSOs).
Manage Air Command contracts, to provide additional professional support to programmes, where required (including supporting the production of a Security Aspects Letter (SAL).
Advise the CDTO and Assistant Heads to ensure that Air's Digital Architecture includes appropriate security measures and controls, including Crypt Key.
Contract management responsibility.
Generating and/or reviewing Cyber Risk Assessments and Defence Assurance Risk Assessment Tool (DART) collateral.
Overseeing pen-test scoping and post-testing remediation.
Oversight of programme/project policy compliance.
Security in innovation (e.g., AI and Quantum Computing).
Establish and maintain working relationships with the MOD Cyber Security Design Authority (CSDA), the Air Physical Security Advisor (Air PSyA) and the Crypt Key Enterprise Agency (CKEA).
This role may have line management responsibilities in the future.