Cyber Security Solutions Architect: Secure Cloud & IAM

Jobsinkent; Canterbury; Hybrid; CAD 132,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Occupational pension

Access to university facilities

Job summary

Canterbury Christ Church University is seeking a Digital Solutions Architect (Cyber Security) to own the security architecture for identity, cloud platforms, hybrid infrastructure, networks, integrations and data. You will work with architects across domains to embed security from inception.

The role requires a degree in Computer Science or Cyber Security, extensive IAM/PAM, threat modelling and security governance experience, plus the ability to translate risk into practical design decisions

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or related IT discipline.
• Experience designing security architectures across cloud (Azure/M365), hybrid and SaaS.
• Strong IAM/PAM, threat modelling, and security governance.
• Ability to translate risk into practical, proportionate design decisions for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of enterprise security architecture across identity, cloud, hybrid infrastructure, networks, integrations and data.
• Co-author reusable reference architectures, zero-trust patterns and lightweight guardrails for agile teams.
• Lead architectural resilience against ransomware threats and disaster recovery design.
• Drive compliance with Cyber Essentials Plus and other relevant standards.

Skills

IAM

Threat modelling

Security by design

Security governance

Cloud security

Hybrid infrastructure

SaaS security

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Cyber Security

Job description

Canterbury Christ Church University is seeking a Digital Solutions Architect (Cyber Security) to own the security architecture for identity, cloud platforms, hybrid infrastructure, networks, integrations and data. You will work with architects across domains to embed security from inception.

The role requires a degree in Computer Science or Cyber Security, extensive IAM/PAM, threat modelling and security governance experience, plus the ability to translate risk into practical design decisions