Cloud Migration Security Architect/Designer

Yolk Recruitment Ltd

Cardiff

8 months ago

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Cloud Migration Security Designer– Up to £63,500 – Cardiff Based – Remote or Hybrid - 24 month FTC

The Opportunity

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) was established in April 2021 and provides world-leading digital services that empower people to live healthier lives. It's transforming health and care for everyone in Wales. DHCW is a multi-award-winning organisation and was voted the UK's Best Place to Work in IT.

If you want to be part of the biggest health tech projects in the UK, work on digital solutions that will impact health and care for over three million people in Wales, and use your security and design skills to make a real difference—this could be the role for you.

DHCW offers outstanding training and professional development opportunities. Staff are recognised as the most valuable part of the organisation, and there’s a strong commitment to building teams that are diverse and inclusive. No matter your background, age, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, religion or ethnicity, you’ll be treated with respect.

Yolk Recruitment is working in partnership with DHCW to find the best tech talent in the UK. We're currently helping them recruit a Cloud Migration Security Designer, a key role for anyone with the experience and vision to lead cloud security design and strategy in a complex public sector environment.

The Role

As a Cloud Migration Security Designer, you’ll be the go-to expert for designing the security for Azure and GCP cloud environments in a cloud native approach.

- Lead on security design for a full migration from on prem to cloud

- Influence security policy and standards across the organisation

- Drive secure design thinking in Agile and DevOps environment, ensuring consistency across cloud platforms

- Design and review system architectures and embed threat modelling into development workflows

Requirements

You’ll need to have experience delivering the security for a migration from on prem to the cloud.

- Significant experience working in security design for complex systems in a cloud native approach

- Strong working knowledge of cloud platforms, risk assessment, and security standards

- Experience engaging with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions

- Familiarity with Agile, DevSecOps and automation approaches to security

- A clear, confident communicator who can explain technical risk to non-technical audiences

Reward

As well as working on projects that genuinely improve lives, you’ll get:

- A salary of up to £63,500

- 28 days annual leave plus public holidays

- Hybrid working with just one day a week expected on-site

- Flexible working hours to support work-life balance

- Ongoing professional development opportunities

- NHS pension (approx. 20% employer contribution)

- Employee Assistance Programme and confidential counselling

- Cycle to work scheme

Application Process

Yolk Recruitment is the exclusive recruitment partner to DHCW, and all applications will be managed by the Yolk team following DHCW’s transparent recruitment process.

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