Cloud Security Architect: Zero Trust & IaC Automation

Avaloq; Bioggio; Hybrid; CHF 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Global offices access

Job summary

Avaloq is seeking a passionate Cloud Security Architect to join our Cloud Architecture team. You will design and secure next-generation cloud platforms, embedding security by design across landing zones, networks, and guardrails.

You will drive Zero Trust adoption, manage risk assessments, and collaborate with Platform Engineers and DevOps to implement secure, automated cloud solutions. Hybrid work options in Avaloq offices are available.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of proven experience as an IT Security Architect or Cloud Security Architect in a senior role.
• Experience designing and governing enterprise cloud architectures in Cloud Infrastructure (OCI preferred).
• Experience with Cloud Network Architecture and complex topology management.
• Experience with risk assessments, threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and security-by-design methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation (Terraform/OpenTofu), CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and Policy-as-Code.

Responsibilities

• Design, govern, and evolve secure cloud architectures for SaaS, PaaS, and internal platforms.
• Define and maintain cloud security standards, patterns, references, and blueprints.
• Embed security-by-design into landing zones, tenancy, network segmentation, and guardrails.

Skills

Cloud security

Zero Trust

IaC automation

Security governance

Threat modeling

CI/CD security

Education

Master’s degree in CS/InfoSec/IT

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Policy-as-Code

GitOps

Job description

Avaloq is seeking a passionate Cloud Security Architect to join our Cloud Architecture team. You will design and secure next-generation cloud platforms, embedding security by design across landing zones, networks, and guardrails.

You will drive Zero Trust adoption, manage risk assessments, and collaborate with Platform Engineers and DevOps to implement secure, automated cloud solutions. Hybrid work options in Avaloq offices are available.