Azure Securty Architect

Azure Security Architect
3-month contract
Outside IR35
Remote Working - Must be UK Based
ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE - Required

We are supporting a leading utilities provider searching for an Azure Security Architect to join the team. The Security Architect will play a critical role in the Azure Landing Zone (ALZ) team and will be pivotal in designing, guiding, and governing secure solutions across the product unit.

Key responsibilities

• Lead security architecture and governance for Azure Landing Zones.
• Provide expert security advisory to cloud architects, engineers, and operational teams.
• Conduct security architecture reviews, risk assessments, and threat modelling activities.
• Design and embed security controls within Azure Landing Zone frameworks and services.
• Maintain and evolve security patterns, guardrails, and reference architectures.
• Ensure security integration across cloud roadmaps and organisational goals.
• Champion security culture, provide training, and support platform security maturity.

Key Competencies

• Extensive experience working on projects delivering solutions and migrations to Microsoft Azure
• Strong understanding of Azure landing zone architectures, governance, security and best practices for scalable cloud environments
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification AZ-305 and AZ-400