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**Job Title:** Senior Security Architect (Azure / Cloud Security)
**Role Summary:**
Design and deliver secure cloud architectures for enterprise clients across Azure, Microsoft 365, hybrid, and on‑prem environments. Translate security principles into concrete technical solutions, provide advisory support to engineering and leadership teams, and embed security throughout cloud transformation programs.
**Expectations:**
- Lead end‑to‑end security architecture engagements for complex, multi‑sector clients.
- Produce high‑quality technical artefacts (threat models, risk assessments, design docs, blueprints).
- Align solutions with frameworks such as NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, NCSC CAF, and Cyber Essentials.
- Act as the primary technical security advisor in client‑facing consulting settings.
**Key Responsibilities:**
1. Design secure Azure and Microsoft cloud architectures covering identity, access, network, logging/monitoring, and platform security.
2. Lead and manage security architecture workshops, assessments, and delivery across cloud and hybrid landscapes.
3. Create and maintain architecture artefacts: threat models, risk assessments, security design documentation, and architecture blueprints.
4. Ensure alignment with industry‑standard security frameworks and client governance requirements.
5. Advise client engineering, operations, and executive teams on security best practices and implementation strategies.
6. Support and guide cloud transformation initiatives, ensuring security is integrated from design through deployment.
**Required Skills:**
- Deep expertise in Azure security architecture (identity, access control, network security, monitoring, platform hardening).
- Proficiency with Microsoft security tools (Defender, Sentinel, Entra ID, Microsoft 365 security suite).
- Strong ability to produce architecture documentation (threat modeling, design specs, blueprints).
- Knowledge of enterprise security and control frameworks (NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, NCSC CAF, Cyber Essentials).
- Experience in consulting or advisory roles with direct client interaction.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Relevant bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Desired certifications:
- Microsoft: SC‑100 (Cybersecurity Architect), SC‑900 (Security Fundamentals), AZ‑900 (Azure Fundamentals), AZ‑104 (Azure Administrator), AZ‑305 (Azure Solutions Architect).
- Additional: CISSP, CISM, CISA, SABSA, TOGAF, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer.