Cloud Security & Exposure Architect — Defender & Risk Reduction

3004 Avanade UK Limited Company; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade is seeking an experienced Cloud Security & Vulnerability Management Architect to join our security practice in the United Kingdom. This client-facing role focuses on improving clients' cloud security and exposure management maturity by identifying and reducing exploitable risks across cloud, identity, endpoint, application, and data environments using Microsoft Security technologies.

You will contribute to pre-sales, solution options, and architecture inputs for enterprise clients,

Qualifications

• Advanced Microsoft Security certifications required.
• Strong experience designing cloud security architectures.
• Proven ability to support RFP responses.
• Knowledge of cloud security across Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead defined workstreams within cloud security engagements.
• Design and implement cloud security and exposure management capabilities.
• Contribute to pre-sales deal shaping and proposal inputs.
• Translate security risks into business priorities for clients.

Skills

Cloud security

Threat modelling

Pre-sales

Solution architecture

Education

Advanced Microsoft Security Certifications (SC-100, SC-200, SC-300, SC-400, SC-900)

CISSP / CCSP / CISM / SANS

Tools

Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Sentinel

Defender XDR

Entra ID

Exposure Management capabilities

Security Copilot

Job description

Avanade is seeking an experienced Cloud Security & Vulnerability Management Architect to join our security practice in the United Kingdom. This client-facing role focuses on improving clients' cloud security and exposure management maturity by identifying and reducing exploitable risks across cloud, identity, endpoint, application, and data environments using Microsoft Security technologies.

You will contribute to pre-sales, solution options, and architecture inputs for enterprise clients,