Private Cloud Security Architect - Hybrid/Remote

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

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