Information Technology Governance Consultant
Posted 1 day ago by WRK digital
£75 Per hour
Inside
Remote
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Cloud Governance Officer will act as a crucial link between cloud transformation initiatives and the regulatory requirements of the legal sector. This role involves translating existing governance frameworks into cloud-specific policies, identifying regulatory impacts on cloud architecture, and ensuring compliance throughout the design process. The position requires strong stakeholder management and an understanding of the legal industry's regulatory landscape. The role is remote and is expected to last for 6 weeks, with a possibility of extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Learn the client's existing governance and regulatory frameworks, translating them into cloud-specific policies and controls.
- Identify regulatory requirements impacting cloud architecture decisions, including data residency and handling restrictions.
- Review cloud templates and design patterns to flag governance or regulatory risks.
- Align cloud operations with legal sector obligations, particularly regarding client confidentiality and data flows.
- Create clear governance documentation for technical teams regarding regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with cloud solution designers to integrate governance into the design process.
Key Skills:
- Understanding of regulatory and governance requirements in professional services, preferably in the legal industry.
- Knowledge of data sovereignty and compliance challenges across jurisdictions.
- Ability to translate regulatory language into practical technical guidelines.
- Experience working across risk, governance, and technology teams.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Azure governance tooling knowledge and experience with federated governance models (nice to have).
Salary (Rate): £75.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Cloud Governance Officer - Azure Transformation £500 per day INSIDE IR35, remote Contract: 6 weeks (Start, likely possibility to extend to 10weeks) Client: Global law firm undergoing cloud transformation
What you'll do
You'll be the bridge between cloud transformation and regulatory reality, ensuring every cloud design decision accounts for the legal sector's complex regulatory landscape. Your work will include:
- Learning the client's existing governance and regulatory frameworks, then translating these into cloud-specific policies, controls and considerations.
- Identifying regulatory requirements that impact cloud architecture decisions (data residency, sovereignty, handling restrictions across jurisdictions)
- Reviewing cloud templates, standards, and design patterns to flag governance or regulatory risks before they're implemented
- Aligning cloud ways of working with legal sector obligations—particularly around client confidentiality and cross-border data flows
- Creating governance documentation that makes regulatory requirements clear and actionable for technical teams
- Working alongside cloud solution designers to build governance into the design, not bolt it on afterwards
What we need:
- Understanding of regulatory and governance requirements in professional services or highly regulated sectors (legal industry experience strongly preferred)
- Knowledge of data sovereignty and cross-jurisdictional compliance challenges (experience with Australian data handling laws preferred)
- Ability to translate regulatory language into practical technical guardrails
- Experience working across risk, governance, and technology teams
- Strong stakeholder management—you'll be the voice of "what we must consider" without being a blocker
Nice to have:
- Azure governance tooling knowledge (Policy, Blueprints), experience with federated governance models
Why this role:
You'll shape how a global law firm balances innovation with obligation. Critical thinking, real influence, proper governance done properly.