Senior Cloud Security Architect - AWS & GCP

JP Morgan Chase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase seeks a Senior Cloud Security Architect to lead cloud security design and guardrail implementation across AWS and GCP. You will embed threat modeling and architecture reviews, acting as the security thought leader for IT Risk and Cyber domains.

In this role you’ll collaborate with product, technology, and business teams, drive risk-informed decisions, and leverage AI capabilities to accelerate risk analysis while ensuring data sensitivity and auditability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on cloud security expertise in AWS and GCP.
• Experience mapping cloud controls to standards (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC2, CIS).
• Ability to design automated guardrails and threat modeling at scale.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a security-first culture across teams.
• Embed threat modeling and architecture reviews for secure controls.
• Serve as security thought leader for IT Risk and Cyber domains.
• Support audit, regulatory and risk activities translating requirements into controls.
• Drive reuse of AI-assisted security validation throughout SDLC.

Skills

Cloud security

Threat modeling

Security AI

Stakeholder influence

CI/CD security

Education

AWS Certified Security – Specialty

GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer

Tools

Wiz CNAPP

AWS

GCP

IaC Security

Policy enforcement

Job description

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• Hands-on cloud security expertise in AWS and GCP.
• Practical experience creating reference architectures and landing zones for engineering teams.
• Proven ability to design and deploy automated preventive guardrails at scale.
• Advanced threat modeling experience, such as STRIDE, for core cloud services.
• Extensive experience with CNAPP tools such as Wiz, including custom configuration rules and graph queries.
• Direct experience mapping cloud-native controls to frameworks like NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC2, or CIS Benchmarks.
• Deep operational knowledge of AWS and GCP native security suites.
• Proficiency in applying the Security Pillar from AWS and Google Cloud Architecture Frameworks.
• Ability to solve design and functionality problems independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated success in influencing peers and stakeholders.
• Ability to evaluate and recommend emerging technologies for future-state architecture.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support cybersecurity architecture workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to assess and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty and ensuring outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.
• Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code and Security-as-Code, including CI/CD security linting and policy enforcement.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Security – Specialty or GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer.
• Experience operating in regulated organizations with a 3LoD model.
• Willingness to challenge existing processes respectfully.
• Experience translating policy and regulatory requirements into control design for engineers and architects.
• Proven ability to upskill and learn modern technologies.
• Experience in financial services consumer businesses or Fintech organizations.

Responsibilities:

• Cultivate a security-first culture across product, technology, and business teams.
• Embed threat modeling and architecture reviews to drive adoption of secure controls.
• Serve as the security thought leader and escalation point for IT Risk and Cyber domains.
• Act with urgency to manage emerging issues, monitor risk indicators, and recommend resolutions.
• Partner with colleagues and vendors to ensure effective technology risk management, especially in cloud and emerging technology.
• Support audit, regulatory, and risk activities, translating requirements into actionable controls.
• Identify and address unfamiliar technology components, applying critical thinking to uncover hidden risks.
• Share best practices and influence peers to drive continuous improvement in security.
• Use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate cybersecurity risk analysis and control assessment, validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity and security requirements.
• Drive reuse-first adoption of AI-assisted security validation within SDLC and toolchain routines, improving control testing, remediation quality, and traceability and auditability in line with resiliency expectations.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• Marketing
• Security
• Architect

More:

We are JPMorgan Chase, a global leader in financial services providing strategic advice and products to prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach drives everything we do, and we build trusted, long-term partnerships to help clients achieve their business objectives. We value our people as our strength and are committed to diversity and inclusion, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations. Our Corporate Functions teams span finance, risk, human resources, and marketing, helping set our businesses, clients, customers, and employees up for success. This is a full-time role in our Cybersecurity & Technology Controls team for International Consumer, focused on cloud security and emerging technologies.

last updated 36 week of 2026