Cloud Security Architect - London

Barclay Simpson Corporate Governance Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclay Simpson Corporate Governance Recruitment is seeking a Security Architect/Consultant for a hybrid role in the UK, based in Reading or Central London. The position offers a salary of £70,000–£110,000 per year and involves shaping secure cloud environments with GCP as the primary platform.

You will work as a trusted security adviser to cloud, engineering, and architecture teams, providing security architecture, design assurance, and threat modelling throughout the development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience as a security architect, security consultant, or security specialist in a cloud security environment.
• Some hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Responsibilities

• Shape and secure large-scale cloud environments, with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as the primary cloud platform
• Act as a trusted security adviser to cloud, engineering, and architecture teams
• Provide security architecture, design assurance, and threat modelling
• Help teams build secure-by-design cloud solutions and address security risks throughout the development lifecycle
• Develop blueprints and reusable patterns as needed

Skills

Cloud security

Security architecture

Security consultant

GCP

Tools

GCP

Cloud

Job description

Salary: £70,000 - 110,000 per year

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience as a security architect, security consultant, or security specialist in a cloud security environment
• Some hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Responsibilities:

• Help shape and secure large-scale cloud environments, with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as the primary cloud platform
• Act as a trusted security adviser to cloud, engineering, and architecture teams
• Provide security architecture, design assurance, and threat modelling
• Help teams build secure-by-design cloud solutions and address security risks throughout the development lifecycle
• Develop blueprints and reusable patterns as needed

Technologies:

• Architect
• Cloud
• GCP
• Support
• Security

More:

We are a global business seeking a security architect or security consultant to support the security of our large-scale cloud environments. This is a technically focused hybrid role based either in Reading or Central London, where we work closely with cloud, engineering, and architecture teams to strengthen secure-by-design cloud delivery.

last updated 36 week of 2026