NHS Band 8B GCP Security Architect

Salt Digital Recruitment; Greater London; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Google Cloud Security Architect for a remote one-year contract. The successful candidate will design secure cloud architectures, evaluate security tools, and ensure compliance with standards like ISO 27001 and GDPR. Ideal candidates have extensive GCP experience and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in cloud security architecture, with at least 3 years on Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong knowledge of security protocols, authentication, authorization, encryption and network security.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and integrating security into DevOps pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure cloud architectures and strategies on GCP.
• Evaluate and recommend security tools, services and configurations to strengthen cloud security.
• Lead threat modeling, risk assessments, and security reviews for GCP infrastructure.

Skills

Cloud security architecture

GCP services

Security protocols

Infrastructure as Code

DevSecOps practices

Security assessment tools

Communication skills

Education

GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification

Tools

Terraform

Deployment Manager

Job description

As part of a large Cloud Migration programme my client is looking to hire and experienced Google Cloud Security Architect on a 1 year rolling remote working contract

Role:

• Design and implement secure cloud architectures and strategies on GCP.
• Evaluate and recommend security tools, services and configurations to strengthen cloud security posture.
• Ensure compliance with security standards and frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, GDPR and others.
• Lead threat modelling, risk assessments, and security reviews for GCP infrastructure and applications.
• Define and enforce Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, including roles, permissions and service accounts.
• Implement and maintain security monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, SCC).

Skills:

• Extensive experience in cloud security architecture, with at least 3 years on Google Cloud Platform.
• Deep understanding of GCP services such as VPC, IAM, Cloud Armor, KMS, SCC, GKE and others.
• Strong knowledge of security protocols, authentication, authorisation, encryption and network security.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform or Deployment Manager.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and integrating security into DevOps pipelines.
• Experience with security assessment tools and methodologies.
• GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification (preferred).
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Job Information

Job Reference: JO-2505-353950

Salary: £365 - £370.00 per day + inside IR35 ,full remote

Salary per: day

Job Duration: 1 year

Job Start Date: 07/07/2025

Job Industries: Cloud Infrastructure & EUC

Job Locations: Greater London

Job Types: Contract

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