Security Architect

Join Advania, a leading IT service provider, as a Security Architect. In this senior technical leadership role, you will define, govern, and evolve secure enterprise architectures across our Managed Services client base. You will provide strategic and technical leadership across various domains, with a focus on Microsoft technologies. Your responsibilities will include developing enterprise security strategies, designing identity and access management architectures, providing architectural ownership across the Microsoft security ecosystem, and supporting the onboarding of customer environments into managed services. You will also act as a trusted advisor to CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs, and support the creation and evolution of Managed Security Services.

• Act as the lead security architecture authority across assigned Managed Services clients, developing enterprise security strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures.
• Design and govern enterprise identity strategies across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, leading architecture for Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, and related services.
• Provide architectural ownership across the Microsoft security ecosystem, including Microsoft Defender Suite, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Purview, developing security patterns and reference architectures.
• Trusted architecture authority across assigned clients
• Infrastructure Integration
• Cloud based PKI
• Executive stakeholder management
• Microsoft Sentinel
• AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect
• GDPR
• Risk Management
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Multi-cloud security architecture
• Client Engagement
• PIM
• SC-100 Cybersecurity Architect Expert
• MFA
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in enterprise security, cloud architecture or cyber security roles
• Strong understanding of:
• Increased adoption of Microsoft security technologies
• AI security and governance
• Networking
• DORA
• Deep expertise in:
• Threat Modelling
• Security Engineering
• Identity Governance
• Microsoft Intune
• Cloud Security
• Reusable architecture standards and patterns established across the business
• Directory Services
• Regulatory environments including:
• Positive client satisfaction and stakeholder feedback
• SSO
• Infrastructure
• Cyber Essentials
• Microsoft
• Federation
• Managed Services environment
• Microsoft Defender Suite
• Growth of architecture-led consultancy and managed service opportunities
• Extensive client-facing consultancy experience
• Azure Security
• Success Measures
• Architecture workshop facilitation
• Identity & Access Management
• Authentication
• Security architectures successfully deployed into operational managed services
• ISO 27001
• Security Governance
• Azure Landing Zones
• SC-200 Security Operations Analyst
• Hybrid Identity
• Advanced experience across:
• Microsoft Purview
• Desirable Experience
• Exposure Management and Vulnerability Management platforms
• API Security
• NIST CSF
• Secure DevOps / DevSecOps
• Security Operations integration
• Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance
• FCA / PRA
• Security Monitoring
• Improved client security maturity and resilience
• Microsoft Expertise
• AZ-500 Azure Security Engineer
• SC-300 Identity & Access Administrator
• Secure Architecture Frameworks
• Demonstrable experience operating as a Security Architect, Enterprise Architect or Principal Consultant
• Technical leadership across multiple concurrent clients
• NIS2
• Data Protection
• Hybrid Infrastructure
• Zero Trust Architecture
• CISSP
• Certifications
• CCSP
• CISM
• SABSA Practitioner