Cloud Security Architect

Pioneertechlabs; Greater London, Slough; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pioneertechlabs is looking for a Cloud Security Architect to join their team in London/Slough. This permanent role requires collaboration with engineering teams to define and document security artifacts needed for cloud migration. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud security, public cloud technologies like AWS and Azure, and a strong background in cybersecurity practices.

Key responsibilities include leading security discussions, assessing new technologies, and ensuring robust cloud application security. A degree and relevant security certifications are essential for applicants.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in architecting cloud applications.
• Strong understanding of cloud security and infrastructure services.
• Proven experience securing cloud software and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to identify and document security artifacts for cloud migration.
• Lead security alignment across engineering and application development teams.
• Perform security design reviews for new technologies.

Skills

Cloud Security

Enterprise Security Architecture

Public Cloud Technologies

DevSecOps

Cybersecurity practices

Education

Degree or equivalent in relevant subject

CISSP, CISM or Cloud Security certifications

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Microsoft Azure

Job description

We are looking to recruit Cloud Security Architect to join our growing team based in London and Slough. This will be an on-going permanent basis employment for deserving candidate. The Security Architect is responsible to collaborate across to identify, deliver, and document the required artifacts to enable movement of applications and data to the cloud, including strategy, technical roadmaps, position statements, concepts, and logical specifications. The Cloud Security Architect will be hands‑on, directly interacting with the engineering and application development teams and provide leadership to drive alignment on security requirements, influence decision makers, build relationships, and communicate strategy and architecture to the broader internal community.

Required Skills and Experience

• Provide a detailed understanding of cloud security and cloud infrastructure services, Threat landscape and attack scenario's, Risks.
• Possess significant breadth across other disciplines (e.g., enterprise security architecture, compute services, storage, large-scale networking, virtualization, data center, integration architecture (API), orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, open stack), systems resiliency, service support, Secure application development lifecycle management (DevSecOps), and service delivery).
• Lead through influence, communicate effectively through clarity of thought and demonstrated understanding of business and technical requirements.
• Be a strong technologist with pragmatic view and creative mind, and a natural collaborator with line of business security architects, engineers, developers, application owners, service providers, and senior management.
• Proven experience securing cloud software, platforms and/or infrastructures.
• Hands‑on experience as an engineer or architect with public cloud technologies to include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with the assessment, implementation, management and documentation of a broad set of information security technologies and processes (e.g., app security, data protection, access management, network security) within a cloud environment.
• Experience working with cloud security management / governance tools, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), cloud services and 3rd party hosted services, and server virtualization products and technologies.
• Solid understanding of the end‑to‑end information technology (IT) process, including architecture, design & engineering, implementation, and operations.
• Experience performing security design reviews to assess security implications for introduction of new or differing technologies within the environment.
• Excellent command of Cybersecurity organization practices, operations risk management processes, principles, architectural requirements, engineering threats and vulnerabilities, including incident response methodologies.
• Ability to identify network attacks and systemic security issues as they relate to threats and vulnerabilities, with focus on recommendations for enhancements or remediation.

Education and Qualification:

• Degree or equivalent and/or equivalent level of experience in relevant subject.
• IT security (e.g., CISSP, CISM) and/or Cloud Security-related certifications (e.g., AWS, Google, Azure, etc.).
• Preferred Certifications: CISSP. AWS Security certification, Google Certified Engineer, Azure Certified Solution Engineer/Architect.

Job Type: Permanent Full-time

Location: London/Slough

Salary: Market Rates (Based on experience)

Experience

• 5+ years of increasing responsibility Architecting, positioning and delivering cloud/internet facing applications.