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Cloud Security Architect

Employer
Hays.
Location
United Kingdom, London
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
30 Jan 2023

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Sector
Consultancy
Job Role
Cloud Security
Job Type
Permanent
A leading IT Infrastructure & Services Consultancy seeks a Cloud Security Architect for a 6-month contract initially, remote role (occasional Portsmouth/Reading) Inside IR35

The Cloud Security Architect will provide technical leadership, design, implementation, integration, and oversight of the customer's cloud-based security solutions and systems. A key accountability within the cloud program, the architect's primary responsibility will be to contribute to designing the security elements of IT solution architectures and leading the architectural design of security-specific capabilities, to ensure alignment to the Enterprise Principles, Roadmaps and Vision. With an extensive IT background, advanced security knowledge, an appreciation for compliance and risk management principles to develop and promote effective and sustainable solutions; educate stakeholders and champion embedding cloud security across all architecture and design.

Primary skills in Azure, a security architect who can provide input into controls, threat vectors or modelling and work with the engineers and architects to ensure the design meets organisational controls, working with the engineers to define emerging controls for the organisation which will then be published to security assurance to strengthen baselines. represent any decisions or designs within the group architecture boards and address any concerns.

Strong background in security architecture, security design and defining security frameworks for the enterprise
Strong understanding of Network security (NGFW, WAF, NLB, Proxy), system or application security (microservices, NLB, SSL) and data security (Encryption)
Hands-on experience in Cloud (AWS/GCP/Microsoft Azure ) security architecture, security engineering, or equivalent experience with vendor specific cloud certification. Azure a strong advantage.
Network, Endpoint and Application logging concepts, best practice and monitoring systems including SIEM
Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting concepts, best practice and IAM management systems. OTP and MFA systems.
Identity strategy, Active Directory Security including federated implementation, for example ADFS, SAML
Champion and oversee InfoSec design and implementation spanning cyber controls and architectural best practices
Collaborate with the Security Architecture and Assurance teams to ensure Cloud architecture adheres to organisational controls and advances security posture
Experience in securing DevOps or Software Supply chain practices and tooling, application security threat modelling & data security.
Experience in Cloud formation & Terraform
Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM etc are desirable
Experience of working in large organisations in regulated sectors (example utilities, finance)
Certification in recognised architecture frameworks (example TOGAF) and the ability to apply these in a pragmatic way would be an advantage

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