Cloud Security Architect

• We are looking for an Azure Cloud Security Engineer/ Architect within the Infrastructure Security Architecture team. Your core purpose will be acting as the go-to subject matter expert between the wider Technology Security team and Cloud Platform Engineering teams for the large Microsoft Azure estate. You should be comfortable with stakeholders at Director level as well as Engineers. You will have full access to all Azure cloud environments and will be able to identify risk and provide guidance and consultancy to ensure Cloud Platform Engineering teams and working in a secure way.

You will be responsible for

• Managing Azure Policy direction and supporting exemptions
• Ensure design, review and delivery of upcoming Azure Policies and assess viability of upcoming policies / approach.
• Assess suitability and impact of Azure policy exemptions at the team, environment, or global scale and create exemptions at the appropriate scope.
• Responsible for providing approvals, upon completion of the suitability assessment.
• Act as an SME advisor; Assessing impact of upcoming Azure security-related change initiatives and ensuring the compliance with security policies and standards
• Working with and supporting key functions of the business to provide security architecture advice and review control appropriateness
• Working with senior stakeholders with the Cloud Platform Engineering and Infrastructure Architect teams, supporting them with security deliverables as well as assessing upcoming changes with a security lens.

You will need

• Knowledge of Azure Security best practices.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a senior Azure Security Architecture or Engineer role.
• Ability to operate independently with limited support and without additional training required, able to communicate and work with experienced infrastructure, security and software development engineers.