Security Architect
Posted 1 day ago by Maxwell Bond
£500 Per day
Outside
Remote
Nationwide
Summary: The Security Architect role is a fully remote, 6-month contract position focused on designing, implementing, and maintaining security frameworks within a professional services business. The position requires collaboration with stakeholders to ensure adherence to security standards while balancing business objectives and risk mitigation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Azure security and experience in consulting or professional services. This role is classified as outside IR35, indicating a favorable tax status for contractors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading the design and delivery of Azure security architectures for enterprise customers.
- Translating requirements, leading impact assessments, generating actionable mitigations and advising on implementation.
- Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure architectures, with a deep understanding of industry-standard frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, and CIS Controls.
- Knowledge of threat modelling, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies tailored to various technical and business environments.
- Stay updated on emerging security threats, technologies, and regulatory requirements, ensuring proactive risk management.
- Develop and communicate a clear vision for security architecture that aligns with organisational goals and industry standards.
- Continuously refine the vision to address evolving threats, business objectives, and regulatory changes.
- Work with delivery managers and project teams to ensure security requirements are identified, scoped, and integrated into project plans.
- Conduct security assessments throughout the project lifecycle, from design to implementation, to validate alignment with security objectives.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including business leaders, clients, auditors, and regulators, to ensure alignment of security practices.
- Act as the primary escalation point for critical security issues and incidents.
- Lead the creation and maintenance of comprehensive security documentation, including impact assessments, mitigations, and architectural diagrams.
- Ensure clarity and accessibility of security documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.
Key Skills:
- Strong background in Azure security engineering/architecture, ideally in a consulting or professional services capacity.
- Practical knowledge of cloud security frameworks such as CAF, Well-Architected, CIS, NIST etc.
- Hands-on experience securing and operating solutions deployed to Azure.
- Confident communicator with the ability to engage technical teams and senior stakeholders alike.
- Industry certifications (e.g. SC-100, AZ-500, SC-300, SC-401) would be highly beneficial.
Salary (Rate): £500/day
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
My client are urgently looking for a Security Architect for a fully remote 6 month contract (Outside IR35).
The Security Architect plays a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust security frameworks and solutions within our professional services business. This role ensures that all projects and services adhere to the highest security standards, effectively balancing business objectives with risk mitigation strategies. You will collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation to define security requirements, advise on best practices, and support leadership in managing security-related challenges, compliance requirements, and emerging threats.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading the design and delivery of Azure security architectures for enterprise customers.
- Translating requirements, leading impact assessments, generating actionable mitigations and advising on implementation.
What You’ll Bring
- Strong background in Azure security engineering/architecture, ideally in a consulting or professional services capacity.
- Practical knowledge of cloud security frameworks such as CAF, Well-Architected, CIS, NIST etc.
- Hands-on experience securing and operating solutions deployed to Azure.
- Confident communicator with the ability to engage technical teams and senior stakeholders alike.
- Industry certifications (e.g. SC-100, AZ-500, SC-300. SC-401) would be highly beneficial.
Key Responsibilities
- Domain Knowledge.
- Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure architectures, with a deep understanding of industry-standard frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, and CIS Controls.
- Knowledge of threat modelling, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies tailored to various technical and business environments.
- Stay updated on emerging security threats, technologies, and regulatory requirements, ensuring proactive risk management.
- Security Architecture Vision.
- Develop and communicate a clear vision for security architecture that aligns with organisational goals and industry standards.
- Continuously refine the vision to address evolving threats, business objectives, and regulatory changes.
- Project Delivery
- Work with delivery managers and project teams to ensure security requirements are identified, scoped, and integrated into project plans.
- Conduct security assessments throughout the project lifecycle, from design to implementation, to validate alignment with security objectives.
- Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including business leaders, clients, auditors, and regulators, to ensure alignment of security practices.
- Act as the primary escalation point for critical security issues and incidents.
- Documentation
- Lead the creation and maintenance of comprehensive security documentation, including impact assessments, mitigations, and architectural diagrams.
- Ensure clarity and accessibility of security documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.
If this sounds like you and you're immediately available for a fully remote opportunity then please apply and I'll be in touch with suitable candidates.