Cloud Security Architect

Eviden Technology Services Limited
West Midlands
3 months ago
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Eviden, part of the Atos Group, with an annual revenue of circa € 5 billion is a global leader in data-driven, trusted and sustainable digital transformation. As a next generation digital business with worldwide leading positions in digital, cloud, data, advanced computing and security, it brings deep expertise for all industries in more than 47 countries. By uniting unique high-end technologies across the full digital continuum with 47,000 world-class talents, Eviden expands the possibilities of data and technology, now and for generations to come.

The opportunity:
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Cloud Security Architect to design, implement, and optimize Security within our customers cloud environments. As a Cloud Security Architect, you will be responsible for developing a comprehensive security strategy, defining architecture and policies, integrating, and optimizing threat detection, and enabling advanced security monitoring to ensure our customer’s digital assets remain secure from cyber threats.

You’ll work collaboratively with cybersecurity engineers and analysts, IT teams, and other stakeholders to assess the security needs of our clients, configuring cloud controls to address them, and continuously adapt our systems to emerging threats.

The candidate must be eligible to obtain a security clearance - SC level.

Location:

Remote working with flexibility for traveling to client sites as required

Role and responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement robust Cloud Security architecture and strategies to safeguard our customers cloud environments
  • Providing advice to clients on technical and operational security measures designed to help defend against cyber threats in cloud environments
  • Lead the design and implementation of Azure Sentinel to build a robust security monitoring and alerting system
  • Ensure scalability and performance by optimizing Sentinel resources, data connectors, and data ingestion pipelines
  • Collaborate with security analysts to implement effective use cases and threat hunting scenarios within Azure Sentinel
  • Develop reference architectures, security frameworks and migration strategies for Cloud Security
  • Authorship, ownership, and peer approval of High-Level Design (HLD) documentation
  • Ensuring technical sign-off of Low-Level Design (LLD) and operational documentation
  • Stay updated on the latest cloud security trends, technologies, and threats, and continuously improve security practices and protocols, sharing across the team
  • Act as mentor and provide support to colleagues across the Architecture and Engineering teams
  • Provide technical input for ongoing development of portfolio and into bids, solutions, and RFP documents for Cloud Security

Required skills and experience:

  • Extensive experience as a Cloud Security Architect with a focus on Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Azure Security
  • Strong understanding of information security requirements and capabilities across different industries
  • Experience in information technology and information security
  • Deep knowledge of Azure Sentinel components, some experience with the Microsoft Defender suite, and related Azure security tools as well as other cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP
  • Proficiency in security information and event management (SIEM) systems, some experience of other cloud security tools and technologies, including firewalls, encryption, identity, and access management (IAM), cloud security posture management (CSPM)
  • Ability to guide engineering teams through the deployment where required
  • Ability to write and review reports, procedures, and standards
  • Relevant certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100), Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900), Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200), Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), or equivalent

Desirable skills and experience:

  • Industry recognized security qualification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISMP, SSCP, CISA, ISACA, CEH, CompTIA Security+, etc.)
  • Industry recognized technology certification in Cloud (Microsoft, AWS, GCP, CCSP, CCSK)
  • Experience with Architecture methodologies such as SABSA and TOGAF
  • Knowledge and understanding of UK government protective marking standards and industry standards, including PCI-DSS, ISO/IEC 27001, NIST, CIS, etc.
  • Awareness of common exploits and vulnerabilities and how these may be prevented
  • Previous hands-on experience in cloud security operational roles
  • Experience of working in a Consulting capacity or environment
  • Pre-sales experience in IT Security

Benefits:

  • 25 days of Annual leave + an option to purchase more through our Flexible Benefits
  • Flex benefits system – exciting opportunity to choose your own benefits
  • Retail discounts
  • Pension - matching contribution up to 10%
  • Private Medical Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Unlimited opportunities to learn in our Training platforms

As a Disability Confident employer, our aim is to ensure that disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. The data is only used for the purpose of providing additional support at interview. If this is applicable to you, please ensure you answer “Yes” to the question regarding disability included in the application form for our awareness.

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