Cloud Security Solution Architect in England

Excellent opportunity for a Security Solution Architect to be part of our Security Practice. The role is for an individual contributor in a consulting and professional services team, focused on driving complete security assignments. Our Security Practice provides end-to-end security solutions that combine deep domain and industry expertise with a future-focused approach encompassing advisory, transformation, and managed services. We offer the foresight and expertise to solve the most complex challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design high-level infrastructure, application, business, and security architecture for projects across the Cyber Security portfolio.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable security solutions using AWS/Azure Cloud services.
• Ensure cloud environments meet organisational and compliance security standards, including firewall management.
• Manage, configure, and troubleshoot Checkpoint Firewall to maintain network perimeter security and prevent unauthorised access.
• Create and ensure all designs align with Enterprise Architecture and Clients Governance requirements.
• Review and document low-level architecture design patterns and support models to facilitate technical implementation and service transition.
• Contribute to project scope and objectives to ensure feasibility of delivery and achieving desired outcomes and benefits.
• Collaborate with application product delivery teams to ensure that solutions are fit for purpose and support them with architectural challenges throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Work with the relevant Technology, Change Management, and Enterprise Architects to ensure that the outcomes delivered by projects are consistent with the design.
• Provide design support for implementation, test assurance, and service transition.
• Forge strong relations with a wide variety of stakeholders, including technical teams, business users, and senior management.
• Work with vendors to guide them on solution design and ensure solutions are delivered effectively and aligned to best practices.

Key Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience working as a Solution Architect on large-scale programmes within a Cyber Security Portfolio.
• Working knowledge of security architecture requirements for solution designs, good security practices related to AWS/Azure cloud, and an understanding of enterprise-scale solutions.
• Experience collaborating with the Security Operations Centre (SOC) to optimise security monitoring, response planning, and execution.
• Experience assisting in the development of a Target Operating Model (TOM) for Vulnerability Management.
• Understanding of vulnerability management and threat landscape detection and remediation.
• Understanding of Network Security risks and solutions.

Essential Technical Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience of the M365 security stack: Endpoint, Defender, DLP, Device Management, Azure Sentinel.
• Cloud Security AWS/Azure (Tenable, MDR solutions, Remote Access, Network security).
• Working knowledge of Cyber Essentials, UK DPA/GDPR.
• Knowledge of one or more cybersecurity controls standards and frameworks (CIS, NIST, etc.).
• Knowledge of SIEM.
• Experience implementing Tenable Vulnerability Management agents across Clients EndPoints and Servers.
• Experience in the implementation of an Endpoint Detection system.
• Experience in upgrading existing SIEM capabilities to handle more data sources and advanced analytics.
• Experience in the implementation of a Managed Detection and Response Service.
• Experience in leading the end-to-end technical delivery of a Cyber Security Programme.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting