Senior Cloud Security & Exposure Architect

Avanade; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade is seeking a Cloud Security & Exposure Management Architect to lead client-facing engagements, shaping security solutions across cloud, identity, endpoint, and data environments.

You will apply Microsoft Security technologies including Defender, Sentinel, Entra, and Defender for Cloud, coordinating with account and delivery teams to reduce exploitable risks and strengthen security operations.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Cloud Security Architect on complex client-facing projects.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security across cloud, identity, endpoint, application and data environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Security technologies and threat-informed approaches.
• Familiarity with Microsoft platforms including Windows, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Azure and Defender.
• Ability to apply MITRE ATT&CK framework to security planning and defense.

Responsibilities

• Lead defined workstreams or small project teams within cloud security engagements.
• Manage deliverables, including exposure assessments, remediation plans, security control improvements, and reporting outputs against milestones.
• Contribute to solution architecture and pre-sales deal shaping for cloud security opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships with client security, cloud and operations stakeholders.
• Design, implement and integrate cloud security, exposure management, threat detection and security operations capabilities.
• Prioritise exploitable risks across cloud, identity, endpoint, application and data environments.

Skills

Cloud security

Threat modelling

Client-facing

Security operations

MITRE ATT&CK

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Sentinel

Entra ID

Azure

Defender for Cloud

Job description

Avanade is seeking a Cloud Security & Exposure Management Architect to lead client-facing engagements, shaping security solutions across cloud, identity, endpoint, and data environments.

You will apply Microsoft Security technologies including Defender, Sentinel, Entra, and Defender for Cloud, coordinating with account and delivery teams to reduce exploitable risks and strengthen security operations.