Private Cloud Security Architect

Barclay Simpson; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclay Simpson in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Private Cloud Security Architect for an inside IR35 contract to help develop a new on‑premise private cloud platform. This role sits at the intersection of security architecture and engineering, translating threats into practical designs, controls and automated testing with infra teams.

You will bring hands‑on expertise across compute, virtualization, networking, storage, PKI/IAM, cloud hardening and DevSecOps, with hybrid Cambridge

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing or building private cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on security professional with operations experience across architecture and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Translate threats and security requirements into practical designs, controls and automated testing.
• Embed security into the private cloud platform from the outset alongside infrastructure teams.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to implement testing and automation.

Skills

Private cloud security

Security architecture

DevSecOps

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Security automation

PKI

IAM

Infrastructure hardening

Compute

Virtualization

Networking

Storage

Open-source tech

Job description

Inside IR35 contract role

Multi-national company seeks an experienced Private Cloud Security Architect to support the development of a new on-premise private cloud platform.

Sitting between security architecture and engineering, you will work closely with infrastructure teams to embed security into the platform from the outset, translating threats and security requirements into practical designs, controls and automated testing.

The key requirement is strong experience designing or building private cloud infrastructure, with knowledge across compute, virtualisation, networking, storage and open-source technology stacks.

You will bring strong experience across containerisation and orchestration, PKI, identity and access management, infrastructure hardening and DevSecOps technologies including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and security automation.

This is a hands-on role suited to a security professional with genuine private cloud infrastructure experience who can operate comfortably across both security architecture and engineering.

The role requires hybrid working in Cambridge one day a week, with 4 days working from home.