Cloud & AI Security Architect
Posted 1 week ago by Aviva
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Cloud & AI Security Architect role at Aviva involves providing security architecture leadership for cloud-based AI platforms and services, ensuring they are secure-by-design, compliant, and scalable. The position requires collaboration across engineering, architecture, and risk functions to embed security controls into AI solutions. The architect will also support delivery teams with high-level architecture and detailed design assurance. This role demands a strong background in cloud security, particularly with AWS and Azure platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and drive security architecture across cloud AI platforms and services, including AWS Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry.
- Define and maintain security requirements, architecture patterns, and design standards.
- Provide hands-on security architecture input across cloud environments (AWS and Azure).
- Review and support technical design documentation to ensure compliance with security requirements.
- Lead and contribute to threat modelling, design assurance, and risk assessments.
- Partner with engineering, architecture, and governance teams for secure cloud AI adoption.
- Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders for secure-by-design delivery.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Security Architect or Cloud Security Architect in regulated environments.
- Strong background in cloud security architecture across AWS and/or Azure.
- Understanding of core cloud security domains, including IAM, network security, cryptography, and vulnerability management.
- Experience with cloud AI services, particularly AWS Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry.
- Understanding of secure AI architecture patterns and operational security controls.
- Experience producing and reviewing design documentation focused on security architecture assurance.
- Strong communication skills to influence various stakeholders.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
About the Role
We are seeking a Cloud & AI Security Architect to provide security architecture leadership across Aviva’s cloud-based AI platforms and agentic AI services , including AWS Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry . This role will focus on ensuring AI-enabled solutions are secure-by-design, compliant, and scalable , while supporting delivery teams through a balance of high-level architecture, detailed design assurance, and practical implementation guidance . You will work across engineering, architecture, and risk functions to embed robust security controls into cloud AI platforms, integrations, and enterprise systems.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive security architecture across cloud AI platforms and services , including AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, AI integrations, agentic workflows and enterprise data access patterns.
- Define and maintain security requirements, architecture patterns, and design standards , supporting both high-level architecture (HLD) and low-level design (LLD) documentation.
- Provide hands-on security architecture input across cloud environments (AWS and Azure) , covering identity and access management, network security, encryption, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and secure CI/CD pipelines.
- Review and support technical design documentation , ensuring solutions meet security, risk, and compliance requirements.
- Lead and contribute to threat modelling, design assurance, and risk assessments for AI-enabled and cloud-native services.
- Partner with engineering, architecture, and governance teams to ensure secure adoption of cloud AI capabilities and agentic AI patterns .
- Act as a trusted advisor to technical and non-technical stakeholders, enabling secure-by-design delivery and reusable security controls across teams.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Security Architect or Cloud Security Architect in large, complex, and regulated environments.
- Strong background in cloud security architecture across AWS and/or Azure .
Required Skills
- Strong understanding of core cloud security domains, including: IAM and identity federation
- Network security and segmentation
- Cryptography and key management
- Secrets management
- Vulnerability management
- Security logging, monitoring, and detection
- Secure CI/CD and DevSecOps practices
- Experience working with cloud AI services , particularly: AWS Bedrock
- Azure AI Foundry
- Understanding of secure AI architecture patterns , including data protection, secure integration approaches, and operational security controls for AI-enabled systems.
- Experience producing and reviewing high-level and low-level design documentation , with a strong focus on security architecture assurance.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence engineers, architects, product teams, and senior stakeholders across business, technology, and risk functions.