Cyber Security Architect

Overview

Join RES, the world's largest independent renewable energy firm committed to creating affordable, zero carbon energy for all. We prize our diverse workforce and invest in the personal and professional growth of every individual at every career stage. We offer meaningful work with significant impact, alongside opportunities to collaborate with inspiring colleagues globally, supported by a competitive package and wide-ranging benefits.

Role Summary

The Global Cyber Architect will partner with the Director of Cyber Security, ensuring optimum design, configuration, and protection of IT and OT systems from cyber threats to maintain seamless business operations. Collaborating with Cyber Service Providers, internal teams, and stakeholders, this role will implement and manage cyber security systems and processes on behalf of senior leadership. The postholder will drive continuous adaptation and enhancement of RES's cyber security integration into technology and business practices, positioning RES as a market leader in renewables cyber security services. Periodic travel to RES sites is expected to foster strong customer relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop cyber architecture roadmaps, standards, and design patterns to support IT/OT solutions and business goals.
• Serve as the principal design authority on cyber security architecture, leading solution proposal creation and review.
• Collaborate with the Global Lead Architect ensuring all cyber-related technology changes receive Technical Design Authority approval.
• Manage ongoing cyber technology improvement programs aimed at boosting resilience, standardisation, and reliability across RES tech environments.
• Lead the technical design and deployment of a cyber security management system to achieve and sustain global cyber accreditation.
• Apply cost optimization strategies when assessing current and target OT cyber architectures to maximize IT/OT technology value aligned with business objectives.
• Conduct technical cyber due diligence on business proposals presented to clients.
• Analyze threat intelligence from security partners, industry peers, and government sources to anticipate impacts on RES.
• Support IT and OT cyber incident response and recovery efforts in cooperation with security teams.
• Supervise penetration testing of IT and OT systems and monitor remediation activities.
• Assist in designing cyber incident simulation scenarios to regularly test and refine response and recovery capabilities.
• Lead technical aspects of Cyber Health Check services delivered to clients.
• Develop and advocate for the cyber strategy, supporting standards, roadmaps, and design patterns across OT, IT teams and stakeholders.

Leadership

Direct oversight of third-party suppliers delivering cyber services.

Expertise Required

• Strong expertise in cyber security concerning both IT and OT systems and infrastructures.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise-level design, implementation, and operation of IT/OT environments.
• Comprehensive understanding of governance processes including financial management, project management, compliance, and IT risk management.
• Advanced knowledge of cyber architecture spanning multiple domains: Enterprise, Information, Technical, Application, People, and Process.
• Experience managing and collaborating with external cyber security suppliers.
• Familiarity with cyber security frameworks and standards such as ISO27001, NERC-CIP, and NIST-CSF.

Professional Skills and Attributes

• Outcome-focused approach to delivering technological changes.
• Strong commercial acumen and collaborative mindset.
• Proven ability to forge relationships, influence, and partner with stakeholders globally and across departments.
• Credible and authoritative, able to quickly earn trust from senior leaders and peers.
• Passion for leveraging technology to improve customer experiences.
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills with internal teams and third parties.
• Capacity to translate strategy into actionable direction.
• Integrity-driven individual who embodies RES values with sensitivity, intuition, gravitas, and credibility.

Experience

• Substantial professional background and accomplishments in cyber security and architectural roles.
• Versatile technologist, ideally with experience in B2B settings, experienced in driving change and digital transformation.
• Experience within construction, utilities, or project-focused industries.
• Comfortable engaging with senior management and highly customer-oriented.
• Proven expertise in technical and infrastructure architectures and adherence to established standards.
• Hands-on experience architecting and auditing advanced cyber security technologies such as firewalls, vulnerability scanners, and authentication systems.
• Usage of architecture modeling tools and methodologies.
• Track record delivering cyber security solutions to mitigate business risk and external threats.

Desirable Qualifications

• Certifications related to architecting, deploying, and securing enterprise cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• ITIL Foundations accreditation.
• Certifications such as COBIT, CISSP, or equivalents.

Diversity and Inclusion

RES embraces diversity recognizing it strengthens the company environment. We actively encourage applications from individuals with varied backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives, fostering teams that collaboratively solve complex problems and develop practical solutions. Our inclusive culture draws on diversity in ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital and parental status, education, social background, and life experiences.