Overview
The Cloud Security Architect is a contract position focused on shaping security design for a significant UK-based cloud program. This role requires active SC clearance and involves leading threat modeling efforts, defining security strategies and patterns, and architecting solutions for identity and access management across AWS and Azure environments, ensuring a robust security framework aligned with program objectives.
Responsibilities
- Lead threat modeling across cloud and container-based services.
- Define reusable security patterns for delivery teams applying Secure by Design principles.
- Shape the overall security strategy and select appropriate tool sets.
- Design encryption and key management solutions, including KMS.
- Architect identity and access management solutions across AWS and Azure.
- Integrate data protection measures into designs to withstand audits.
Requirements
- Active SC clearance is essential.
- Experience in security architecture for AWS and/or Azure, particularly in containerized environments.
- Hands-on experience in threat modeling and translating it into practical security patterns.
- Strong knowledge of encryption technologies, specifically KMS.
- Experience in designing identity and access management solutions.
- Familiarity with public sector assurance processes, especially concerning Secure by Design principles.
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures on AWS and data protection design is a plus.
- Experience in selecting and implementing security tools is advantageous.