Job Description
Role: Cloud Security Architect
Location: Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Halifax, Edinburgh, London
Style: Hybrid 2 DAYS ONSITE
Rate: up to £500 per day (inside IR35)
Vacancies: 2
Duration: 6 months (initially view to extend)
ROLE DESCRIPTION
Our Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) is looking for a Senior Cloud Security Architects (Azure/GCP) to take a role in the design and delivery of cloud services across the organisations Cloud Platform environment, with accountability for a range of deliverables across both Security build and run.
In-depth technical understanding and experience of public cloud, API and micro-service architectures, and youll provide low-level hands-on technical engineering expertise for the Cloud Builds, Cloud control framework and continuous compliance service.Working within the CCoE Security team, youll own the engineering of cloud solutions. The main accountability of the Cloud Security Architect is to ensure that the correct security designs and controls are in place, focusing on keeping cloud services safe and secure while simultaneously supporting programmes of work to meet their deadlines and deliver business outcomes. Youll be responsible for security requirements, designs, risks and defining controls to mitigate these risks and guiding others to embed security into their deliverables in the best manner for the Bank
The role involves senior level engagement into the business area and is accountable for the delivery of assigned projects, representation at local governance along with providing senior technical leadership and consultancy to both internal CCoE and external colleagues as required.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Technical ownership of key CCoE deliverables, Cloud Security Designs, HLD/LLD
* Participate in the architecture board to discuss strategy about services and their integration with existing technologies within the organisation.
* Working with architects and engineers to collaboratively define the mid and low-level security requirements into a collection of design and engineering activities to ensure that the programme is delivering against agreed security standards and principles
* Proactively identifying security risks not exclusively as part of the design/engineering process
* Owning the end-to-end security view for specific platform components, shared services or application integration items
* Performing threat modelling against architectures, engineered solutions, and as-is platforms
* Ensuring that security activities are aligned with the wider security strategy
* Working in a multi-disciplined autonomous team delivering security value on behalf the team
* Experience of interpreting highly technical detail, performing security analysis and providing security requirements and assurance within a cross functional team
* Demonstrable security risk and compliance experience.
* Experience working with technical and cross-functional teams to deliver change
* Threat modelling experience both platform and application level
Key Skills:
* Experience supporting major programmes and other project-based activities
* Proven experience of supporting IT/Security infrastructure
* Strong technical background
* Hands of experience on Cloud Security (Azure/GCP/DevSecOps)
* Good to have Experience of Cloud Security Tools (e.g. Azure Security Centre)
* Cloud certifications such as:
* Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
* Google Certified Security Engineer
* Certified Cloud Security Professional (CSSP)
* Experience working within an agile framework
* Experience working with Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud
* Experience working with cloud native security tools
* Familiarity with a programming or scripting language
If you are interested and have the relevant experience, please apply promptly and we will contact you to discuss it further.
Yilmaz Moore
Senior Delivery Consultant
London | Bristol | Amsterdam
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