Senior Cloud Security Architect - AWS Secure by Design

Northbridge Recruitment; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 257,000 - 368,000; Full time

Job summary

Northbridge Recruitment seeks a Senior Cyber Security Architect for a 6-month contract in Australia’s ANZ region. You will partner with ICT, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud and Engineering to ensure solutions align to enterprise blueprints and embed Secure by Design across the organisation.

The role requires a strong EA background, deep cloud security experience (AWS with Azure exposure), and the ability to translate global standards into regional designs while guiding remediation and security

Qualifications

• Must be Australian Citizen to gain Security Clearance.
• Strong Enterprise Architecture experience in a large, complex enterprise.
• Excellent understanding of enterprise cyber security architecture and security principles.
• Deep cloud experience across AWS with Azure exposure.
• Experience translating enterprise blueprints into regional designs across ANZ.
• Strong Secure by Design experience embedding security into ICT teams.
• DevSecOps knowledge and security integration into delivery practices.
• Experience with Microsoft security technologies and AWS security services.
• Broad understanding of enterprise networking, identity, and Microsoft 365 security.

Responsibilities

• Define, adopt and embed Secure by Design principles and security architecture standards across ICT teams.
• Work with enterprise architecture blueprints and reference architectures established by HQ/global teams, aligning with ANZ requirements.
• Review existing solution designs to ensure alignment with blueprints, security standards and patterns.
• Identify architecture gaps, security risks and deviations; implement remediation with technical teams.
• Develop and maintain reusable security architecture patterns across cloud, network, identity, and security tooling.
• Provide security guidance across AWS and Azure cloud environments, focusing on AWS.
• Support design and implementation of secure cloud environments, landing zones, identity controls, and network segmentation.
• Apply DevSecOps principles to embed security into engineering and delivery processes.
• Review designs to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud architecture (AWS/Azure)

Secure by Design

DevSecOps

Microsoft security tech

AWS security services

Palo Alto

Networking & IAM

Australian Citizenship

Job description

Northbridge Recruitment seeks a Senior Cyber Security Architect for a 6-month contract in Australia’s ANZ region. You will partner with ICT, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud and Engineering to ensure solutions align to enterprise blueprints and embed Secure by Design across the organisation.

The role requires a strong EA background, deep cloud security experience (AWS with Azure exposure), and the ability to translate global standards into regional designs while guiding remediation and security