Enterprise Security Architect London, England
Job description
About the role
The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has been investing in its security capabilities in recent years, recognising the trust our customers place in our brand and the information they provide to us to help us enrich their lives.
To enhance the value we bring to our customers, the Partnership is accelerating the use of data and insight to enhance the experience and relevance our Partners and technology systems provide to our customers. We will continue to transform our security capabilities to deliver that vision within an ever-changing threat landscape.
This role is responsible for developing our security strategies, target/transition states, road maps and patterns across our data, platforms, cloud and network capabilities.
To achieve this you will work closely with our CISO function, across our architectural domains and with our product engineering and service teams. To be successful in this role you will need to be highly motivated, technically skilled and a great communicator.
This role is internally referred to as Enterprise Architect.
Key Responsibilities
The JLP Architecture Team is part of the Technology and Change (T&C) Division which supports approximately 80,000 employees, 366 stores, a turnover of over £11bn, and a transformational IT expenditure in excess of £200m pa.
You will:
Define and deliver targeted technology security strategies, architecture and practical solution patterns that support the Partnership’s digital transformation through the secure enablement of business agility, data-driven decision making, and extensible capabilities;
Secure the value of technology investments in the portfolio by linking security outcomes with situational awareness, providing the parameters within which technology decisions are made to maximise ROIC;
Establish the 'shareholder value' of IT to the wider business through the management of our risk profile within tolerance using the smart application of technology, and informing near-term vs long-term investment trades;
Essential Skills
Extensive experience and deep understanding of Security Architecture (e.g. CISSP, SABSA), and ensuring Senior IT and Business stakeholders are aligned and understand the level of risk and investment required to meet their vision in a complex business environment
Proven ability to empower and influence others to make decisions, resolve challenges and deliver outcomes that are in line with the strategy.
Work across architecture and engineering teams to ensure that our security capabilities are bringing the intended value, actively optimising where opportunities arise through pattern definition and solution evangelism.
Experience working with teams across the business to create, inform and provide input to business strategy creation, development, and implementation
Experience developing the Technology Strategy as a critical component of the business (security) strategy, ensuring business and technology outcomes are mutually supportive.
You’ll advise and consult on the commercial and contractual implications of existing or new obligations. You’ll consult on contractual terms of technologies and business services being procured or used within your domain and the impact of change both commercially and contractually.
Desirable Skils
Extensive Business Domain knowledge
Experience in Sequence Change to Deliver Incremental Business Value
Monitor and advise on current technology, retail and socio-economic trends
Benefits:
- Hybrid Working.
️ - Full - time working holiday entitlement 25 days holiday, plus public and bank holidays
- Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not
- You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete Probation. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount
- Simple cycle to work support scheme
- We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them. Find out more about our hotels here
- Learn more about our Benefits structure.
Flexible Working
The Partnership has adopted a blended working approach meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office (Victoria / Bracknell) and home, based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. Our technology teams aim for around 1 - 2 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings.
Next Steps
The application form consists of a CV upload, followed by application questions. Please visit - https://www.jlpjobs.com/how-to-apply/journey/ to understand more about application and hiring process
Internal applicants please copy paste this link on to the browser for job outline - https://bit.ly/JLPESA
We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.
