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Head of Global Delivery Centre | Tech Recruitment Partner @ developrec
Lead Azure Specialist and Cyber Security Architect
Location: Hybrid (2–3 days/week in Paddington, London)
Salary: Up to £130,000 + Bonus + Car + Benefits
Clearance: Must be eligible for SC clearance (British Citizen from birth)
Type: Permanent | Full-Time
A leading Cyber Security consultancy-led team is seeking a Lead Security Architect to play a pivotal role in delivering services into a complex and highly regulated environment.
This is a very senior, hands-on position requiring a balance of technical expertise, leadership capability, and strategic vision.
This role requires an Azure Specialist with very strong Security Architecture skills and the ability to work with a highly regulated/very highly governed end client. They require previous skills of working in a highly governed environment and the ability to SC cleared.
The role will focus on driving secure architectural design across cloud and infrastructure domains, managing a team of security professionals, and engaging with senior stakeholders across both technical and business functions.
The successful candidate will be instrumental in shaping and executing a cloud-first security roadmap within a large-scale digital transformation programme, balancing fast-paced delivery with rigorous governance standards.
Key Responsibilities
* Define, develop, and maintain security architecture across cloud (Azure) and on-premise environments.
* Produce and present High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLD/LLD) to technical design authorities.
* Lead and mentor a team of engineers and analysts covering threat intelligence, telemetry, and infrastructure security.
* Partner with stakeholders to ensure alignment across delivery, compliance, and operations.
* Guide and support strategies for cloud adoption and security tooling (e.g., SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender, Splunk, Exabeam, Palo Alto).
* Represent security within programme planning, change control, and governance forums.
* Drive improvements in tooling, incident response capability, and secure-by-design practices.
* Extensive experience in senior or lead security architecture roles.
* Strong knowledge of cloud security principles, particularly within Microsoft Azure.
* Hands-on expertise in infrastructure technologies (e.g., VMware, firewalls, network security).
* Proven experience with enterprise-grade security tooling (EDR, SIEM, threat detection, firewall management).
* Demonstrable ability to produce HLDs/LLDs and present to governance boards.
* Previous leadership of technical security teams.
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
* In-depth understanding of compliance and governance requirements.
* SC Clearance (or eligibility) and British citizenship from birth.
* Experience within consultancy or client-facing delivery roles.
* Exposure to security transformation programmes.
* Ability to balance delivery agility with regulatory and governance demands.
Working Model
Hybrid: 1–2 days per week on-site in Central London.
Additional on-site presence may be required for classified meetings or client engagement.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Information Technology
* Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting and Computer and Network Security
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