Cloud Security Architect (Manager)
Permanent | Ipswich or Caerphilly | £80,000 to £90,000 per annum
Eames Consulting is partnering with a regulated UK organisation to hire a hands-on Cloud Security Architect at manager level. This is a chance to shape a secure, cloud-first future from the ground up: setting the target architecture, building the patterns yourself and leading a small team through a major on-premise to cloud journey.
The role
You will define and lead the organisation’s cloud security architecture and migration roadmap across Microsoft Azure and AWS, with a strong focus on identity, privileged access and Zero Trust. Reporting to the Head of Architecture and Security, you will lead two engineers, mentor graduates and act as the go-to voice on cloud risk and opportunity for technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
This is not an advisory seat. You will build, prove and hand over what you design, and embed DevSecOps so that security is built into delivery from the start.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading an assessment of the current estate (on-premise data centre, VDI, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure and AWS) to set an agreed baseline for change
- Designing and owning the future-state cloud security architecture and phased migration roadmap
- Building secure Azure landing zones and equivalent AWS patterns, underpinned by Zero Trust network architecture
- Leading identity and device modernisation from Active Directory and Group Policy to Entra ID and Intune
- Defining and implementing privileged access controls, including Entra PIM, PAM tooling, tiered administration and just-in-time access
- Setting cloud security standards aligned to frameworks such as NCSC Cloud Security Principles, CIS Benchmarks and the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark
- Embedding DevSecOps through Infrastructure as Code, secure pipelines, secrets management and policy-as-code
- Leading threat modelling, tracking pen test findings to remediation and designing tested backup and disaster recovery
- Presenting options, risks, costings and business cases at design authority and governance forums
- Providing technical assurance over vendor and partner proposals
What you’ll bring
- Substantial, current hands-on experience in cloud architecture, engineering or security
- A track record of delivering on-premise to cloud migrations end to end
- Deep Azure security expertise (landing zones, networking, Azure Policy, RBAC, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel) and strong working knowledge of AWS
- Strong Entra ID and hybrid identity knowledge, including Conditional Access, SAML/OIDC federation and migrating Group Policy to Intune
- Practical privileged access and Zero Trust design experience
- Hands-on DevSecOps skills: Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation, PowerShell or Python, Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, and Kubernetes/AKS
- Working knowledge of ISO 27001, UK GDPR and the security requirements of a regulated UK environment
- Experience leading small technical teams and mentoring junior engineers
- Excellent communication skills and a commercially aware, pragmatic approach
Nice to have
- Certifications such as SC-100, AZ-500, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Security Specialty, CISSP or CCSP
- Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop or Windows 365, or migrating Exchange and SharePoint
- Experience securing Power Platform, Dynamics 365 or Azure AI Foundry
- FinOps or cloud cost governance experience
- Experience supporting audit of cloud and identity controls
Working pattern
Full-time and based in Ipswich or Caerphilly, with regular on-site attendance for workshops, architecture reviews and team leadership. Some occasional work outside core hours for cutovers and major change.
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