Job Description
Cloud Enterprise Security Architect needed for a leading financial services firm. The role will be centred on providing technical security leadership for Cloud Security Architecture. The Cloud Enterprise Security Architect is responsible for defining the security roadmap and ensuring that the group integrates Cloud Security into the adoption and use of all relevant technologies and information systems. The role will support the Enterprise Architecture and Information Security functions to advance security in the group while simplifying the security technologies used. Please note, this role requires experience across GCP, Azure and AWS.
Outline of the role:

• Providing vision and direction for our roadmap for cloud security architecture
• Ensuring alignment of technologies to the prescribed target security architecture
• Development and embedding of standards and patterns for common security problems across the group
• Drive simplification of the security technology estate
• Monitoring the changing threat and security technology landscape to ensure our information security practices remain up-to-date, effective and continually improving
• Predicting future trends and emerging threats
• Embedding future trends and emerging threats into the group Target Architecture and Roadmap
• Assessing new and existing strategic products and systems to identify weaknesses in our information security approach and creating improvement plans where required
• Ensuring alignment of security technologies to the group risk appetite
• Assist with delivery requirements and provide security consultancy when required

As an ideal candidate, you will have an industry certification such as TOGAF/SABSA & CISSP/CISM/GICSP/SCADA and have expert knowledge of Cloud Enterprise Security Architecture with expert knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will also have a proven track record of delivery in a similar role. Experience within financial services is highly advantageous.