Cyber Security Consultant

Company Description

Informa is a leading business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events business. We serve commercial, professional and academic communities by helping them connect and learn, and by creating and providing access to content and intelligence that helps people and businesses work smarter and make better decisions faster.

Job Description

As a provider of unparalleled knowledge, up-to-the-minute information and highly specialised skills and services, information is at the heart of what we do. Protecting the information that we collect, produce and sell is inherent to our success. Ensuring we are able to service our customers and maintain their trust whilst complying with appropriate laws and industry regulations, protecting this information from unauthorised access, unauthorised modification and malicious disruption is fundamental in achieving our business’ goals and objectives. 

The security architect will create and design security for a system or service, maintain security documentation and develop architecture patterns and security approaches to new technologies.

You will need the following skills for this role:

Analysis: You can visualise and articulate complex problems and concepts by interrogating and using data or intelligence, formulating, and influencing solutions and plans. You can interpret complex business and technical issues and identify a viable solution or control. You can understand and link complex and diverse sets of information to inform the response and approach (for example identifying design vulnerabilities and their impact).

Communication: You can understand security concepts deeply enough to engage with security technologists and communicate in a language that’s appropriate to your audience. You can successfully respond to challenges.

Designing Secure Systems: You can design secure system architectures through the application of patterns and principles, to meet the businesses needs while managing risks. You can identify security issues in system architectures.

Enabling and Informing Risk-Based Decisions: You can make and guide effective decisions on risk, explaining clearly how the decision has been reached. You can make decisions proportionate to the level of technical complexity and risk.

Understanding Security Implications of Transformation: You can work with business and technology stakeholders to understand the security implications of business change. You can interpret and apply an understanding of policy and process, business architecture, and legal and cultural implications to assist in the development of technical solutions or controls.

Role Key Responsibilities:

• Recommend security controls and identify solutions that support a business objective

• Provide specialist advice and recommend approaches across teams and various stakeholders

• Communicate widely with other stakeholders

• Advise on important security-related technologies and assess the risk associated with proposed changes

• Inspire and influence others to execute security principles

• Help review other colleague’s work

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a security architecture 
• Proven experience in security technologies, DevSecOps and Secure-By-Design principles.
• CISSP or similar level qualification is desirable 
• TOGAF is desirable
• Familiar with Continuous Authority to Operate (cATO) is desirable 

Additional Information

Why work for Informa?

• Learning and Development plan to assist with your career development 
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your Birthday! 
• Fabulous office in Central London with views of London landmarks and a variety of restaurants and amenities nearby 
• Work with a high quality of specialist products and service 
• Bright and friendly staff who are all “expert’s experts” and additional training and development for helping you achieve your career aspiration 
• Life assurance 
• Other flexible benefits include Healthcare, Cycle to Work scheme and Season Ticket Loans 
• 5% Pension match 
• Share-Match options - become a shareholder
• Regular Social Events and Networking opportunities

Informa is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all applicants who match the criteria of the job description will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or national origin