Cloud Security Architect

IT Security Architect

We're looking for an experienced IT Security Architect to join an established organisation and play a key role in strengthening its security architecture, managing technology risk and ensuring secure solutions across a complex IT environment.

This is an opportunity to work closely with IT, infrastructure, cloud and project teams, helping shape security strategy and embed best-practice security controls across production platforms, new implementations and ongoing technology change initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct IT security risk assessments, identify vulnerabilities and recommend appropriate mitigating controls.

• Provide security architecture guidance throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring security requirements are embedded from design through to implementation.

• Translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable architecture designs.

• Assess security risks and controls against recognised industry frameworks and standards.

• Define, maintain and enhance enterprise and application security standards for production environments.

• Support IT risk management activities, including the identification, assessment and reduction of technology risks.

• Evaluate security technologies and recommend solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.

• Develop architecture proposals and business cases to support improvements to existing IT environments.

• Work with technical and business stakeholders to ensure proposed solutions are secure, practical and fit for purpose.

What They're Looking For

• Strong xperience in IT Security Architecture or a closely related discipline.

• Strong experience designing and implementing security architectures for complex, multi-component enterprise systems.

• Experience developing conceptual, logical and physical security architecture documentation.

• Demonstrable knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standards, including:

  • ISO 27001

  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework

  • PCI DSS

  • CIS Controls

• Strong cloud security and architecture experience across AWS and Azure, including cloud-native services and secure integration with on-premises infrastructure and external systems.

• A solid understanding of IT risk management, security controls and governance.

• Experience working with software engineering and application development teams in complex, multi-project environments.

• Ability to assess alternative solutions, provide clear recommendations and influence stakeholders to reduce risk.

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Security or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA or CRISC would be advantageous.