Cloud Security Architect - Financial Services

Talent; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent is seeking a Cloud Security Architect to lead security architecture across cloud, platform and engineering teams, focusing on a greenfield hosting platform and cloud-native initiatives.

You will embed security into platform designs from the outset, creating reusable patterns, guardrails and secure-by-default capabilities, while advancing secure software supply chains and DevSecOps practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications and relevant cloud certification required.
• Demonstrated cloud security architecture experience in large enterprises.
• Strong cloud-native security across AWS/Azure/Google Cloud and container platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide security architecture leadership across cloud, platform and engineering teams.
• Embed security in hosting platform designs from the outset with reusable patterns and guardrails.
• Develop secure-by-default engineering capabilities and reference architectures.
• Guide secure software supply chains and CI/CD security practices.

Skills

Cloud security architecture

Security architecture leadership

Cloud-native security

Kubernetes security

DevSecOps

Infrastructure as code security

Policy as code

CNAPP

AI security risk

Communication skills

Education

Tertiary qualification with cloud certification

Job description

A leading Financial Services provider is seeking a Cloud Security Architect to join its Security Architecture team.

Embedded within the cloud, platform and engineering teams, you will provide security architecture leadership across a new greenfield hosting platform and other strategically important cloud-native initiatives. You will ensure security is built into platform designs from the outset through reusable patterns, automated guardrails and secure-by-default engineering capabilities.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications coupled with relevant cloud certification
• Demonstrated cloud or cyber security architecture experience within large, complex enterprise environments
• Strong cloud-native security architecture experience across AWS, Azure and/or Google Cloud
• Experience securing Kubernetes, container platforms, serverless services and cloud-hosted workloads
• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps, CI/CD pipeline security, infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code
• Experience creating reusable security patterns, reference architectures, standards and engineering guardrails
• Knowledge of cloud identity, workload identity, secrets management and non-human identities
• Experience with CNAPP, cloud security posture management, vulnerability governance and secure software supply chains
• Experience assessing the security risks associated with AI-enabled platforms and workloads would be highly regarded
• Strong communication skills and the ability to embed effectively within engineering and product teams