Senior Cloud Security Architect — IAM, AWS & HLD Lead

Cognizant; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy in the UK is seeking a Security Architect to design and maintain security architecture. This role involves collaboration with IT teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment with security policies. Candidates must have significant experience in AWS and security frameworks. A UK SC level Security Clearance is required, and applications are limited to British passport holders.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in identity and access management, web service security, and data protection solutions.
• Experience in creating high-level designs from non-functional requirements.
• Ability to draft documents and prepare presentations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security architecture.
• Monitor and evaluate the security posture of the organization.
• Lead the development of client proposals and consultancies.

Skills

Architecture design (HLD, SAD)

Cloud-native (Microservice, EDA)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Security Web Gateway (WAF, API Gateway, Nginx)

Identity & Access Management (IAM, WSO2)

Key management (KMS, Entrust)

Database security (RDS, PostgreSQL)

Network security (GardDuty, Shield)

Security frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST)

UK legislation (e.g., DPA, UK GDPR)

Agile methods (SCRUM)

Sparx EA (UML)

Education

CISSP, CISM or SABSA Certified

AWS Certified Security Specialty

Job description

A leading technology consultancy in the UK is seeking a Security Architect to design and maintain security architecture. This role involves collaboration with IT teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment with security policies. Candidates must have significant experience in AWS and security frameworks. A UK SC level Security Clearance is required, and applications are limited to British passport holders.