AI & Cloud Security Architect — Data Governance

DLA Piper LLP; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Piper LLP in the United Kingdom seeks a Security Architect to bridge business requirements with security controls across networks, systems, applications and cloud. You will design secure architectures, govern risk, and guide projects on secure design principles. The role includes mentoring teams and shaping the firm's security strategy.

Applicants should have deep cloud security experience, familiarity with NIST/ISO frameworks, and strong communication skills to influence stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Typically 7+ years in Information Security/IT, with 3+ years in an architecture-focused role
• Cloud Security – Adoption & migration, Governance
• Data Governance – DR, DLP, DRM, Data lifecycle Management
• Asset Management including MDM
• Identity & Access management
• Configuration & Vulnerability management

Responsibilities

• Design secure architectures for networks, systems, applications, and cloud environments in line with business and regulatory requirements
• Ability to assess and architect guardrails for AI agents with tool-use/autonomous action capabilities
• Knowledge of securing LLM and generative AI deployments: prompt injection defences, output validation, data leakage prevention, model access controls
• Review proposed technical solutions to ensure they meet security requirements (implementation governance)
• Produce and maintain architectural artefacts (designs, standards, patterns, reference architectures)
• Supply security requirements into projects and RFI/RFPs
• Evaluate and recommend security tools, technologies and vendors
• Drive improvements, support compliance through the execution of our security strategy
• Mentor engineering and IT teams on secure design principles
• Support and influence technical strategy

Skills

Cloud security

Zero Trust architecture

DevSecOps practices

Security frameworks

Threat intelligence awareness

Agile development familiarity

Education

CISSP

SABSA

CCSP

CISM

Cloud Security Certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

SAST

DAST

Container security / image scanning

Job description

DLA Piper LLP in the United Kingdom seeks a Security Architect to bridge business requirements with security controls across networks, systems, applications and cloud. You will design secure architectures, govern risk, and guide projects on secure design principles. The role includes mentoring teams and shaping the firm's security strategy.

Applicants should have deep cloud security experience, familiarity with NIST/ISO frameworks, and strong communication skills to influence stakeholders.