Microsoft Security Architect

Summary: The Security Architect role focuses on enhancing security capabilities within a leading Financial Services organization, emphasizing Microsoft security solutions. The position involves strategic discussions, licensing assessments, and the design of security architectures to ensure compliance with industry standards. This is a 12-month contract aimed at aligning technical security measures with organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop security capabilities, focusing on Microsoft security solutions, governance, and strategic usage.
• Facilitate high-level security discussions across the business, aligning technical capabilities with organisational priorities.
• Assess and advise on Microsoft licensing relevant to security technologies.
• Design and implement security reference architectures, reusable templates, and patterns to support development and platform teams.
• Ensure solutions align with industry standards and compliance frameworks such as CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, particularly in cloud-native environments.

Key Skills:

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 E5 Security & Compliance tools.
• Ability to evaluate and compare existing security products (e.g. Microsoft Defender vs. CrowdStrike).
• Collaboration with the Security Operations Centre (SOC) team.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP or CISM are highly desirable.

Salary (Rate): £100.00

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Finance