Senior Security Consultant (Cloud Security Architect)

Rackspace Hosting Inc; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud managed services provider is seeking a Senior Security Consultant (Cloud Security Architect) to guide customers on their cloud security journeys. The ideal candidate will have extensive cloud security expertise and a proven track record in security consulting. Responsibilities include client advisory, security roadmap development, and delivering innovative security solutions. This role is based in London and is particularly suitable for a self-starting, motivated professional.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in cloud security architecture.
• Ability to deliver presentations to technical audiences.
• Experience with designing secure cloud-native systems.

Responsibilities

• Advise customers on cloud security roadmap.
• Deliver high-quality work as part of consulting engagements.
• Mentor and train security architects.

Skills

Cloud security expertise

Understanding of AWS, Azure, GCP

Knowledge of security legislation

Architectural and Engineering knowledge

Client-facing consultancy experience

Education

Security related certifications (CISSP, CCSP, CISM)

Job description

Senior Security Consultant (Cloud Security Architect)

Rackspace Technology is a leading provider of expertise and managed services across all major public and private cloud technologies. We’ve evolved Fanatical Support to encompass the entire customer journey — providing Fanatical Experience™ from first consultation to daily operations. Our passionate experts combine the power of proactive, always‑on service and expertise with best‑in‑class tools and automation to deliver technology when and how our customers need it.

Our EMEA Security team is looking for a UK‑based Senior Security Consultant (Cloud Security Architect). This role is particularly well‑suited to a self‑starting, highly experienced and motivated security architect with a proven track record in the security consulting field.

You will be engaging with customers and the wider Rackspace organization to advise, develop and deliver innovative security solutions leveraging a wide range of public cloud services. The primary focus will be on helping customers to assess their cloud security posture and to ensure any subsequent cloud design and build is appropriately secured. This may be applicable to a customer’s single cloud, or multi‑cloud environment, or when a customer wishes to move its environment from on‑premise to the cloud.

Extensive knowledge of:

• security related legislation, regulations, and standards
• AWS, Azure and GCP
• cloud native and non‑native security tools

Architecture and Engineering knowledge is highly advantageous.

Key Accountabilities

• As part of a small, but fast‑growing team, you will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) to advise and guide customers on their cloud security journey and establish a long‑term trusted advisor role.
• Provide guidance to customers on their cloud security roadmap and assist on defining the right‑size cloud security controls.
• Liaise closely with the customer’s architects and engineers and advise, design and deliver innovative cloud security Proof of Concepts.
• Deliver high‑quality work to customers as part of consulting engagements that can be delivered through workshops, presentations or security solutions architecture designs.
• Liaise closely with other architects and engineers to understand relevant legislation, industry regulations and industry standards such as EU GDPR, HIPAA, ISO27001, NIST, PCI DSS, Cloud Security Alliance CCM, CIS and Cyber Essentials etc.
• Evolve existing Rackspace security services, and implement new ones, under the ‘Cloud Security Service’ banner.
• Establish best‑practices for the consultancy resulting in standardized engagement models and repeatable ways‑of‑working.
• Mentor and train other security architects within the wider Rackspace Security Solutions Architecture community on modern multi‑cloud security domains and topics.
• Evangelise the security cloud‑native paradigm through the delivery of blogs, customer presentations and public speaking engagements.
• Actively identify opportunities for new engagements.
• Contribute to RFI/RFP requests.

Technical Skills & Experience

• The ideal candidate has a proven track record in designing and delivering innovative technology security solutions built on the cloud.
• As a Senior Security Consultant, the person should be able to act as a thought‑leader and present concisely to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience designing secure platforms on any one or more of the major hyperscalers, AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Demonstrable experience in designing secure cloud‑native systems and/or rebuilding an existing system on the cloud with a suitable security posture.
• Demonstrable experience with legislation, industry regulations and industry standards such as ISO, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO27001, ISO 22301, ISO/IEC 20000‑1, NIST CSF, PCI DSS, Cloud Security Alliance CCM, CIS, OWASP and Cyber Essentials etc.
• In‑depth knowledge of the Well‑Architected Frameworks and best practices of the major cloud providers.
• Must have the ability to lead engagements, either directly or as part of a larger programme of work, and take ownership for the successful delivery of customer value within budget, time and scope.
• Specialised cloud security architectural knowledge in areas such as account governance, IAM, asset management, infrastructure and platform security, application security including threat modelling and secure CI/CD, change management, boundary defence, cloud logging and monitoring, continuous vulnerability and patch management systems, incident response and threat mitigation, cloud backup/recovery and disaster recovery (DR).
• Articulate opinion on the advantages of using public cloud platforms in a secure manner from a business perspective.
• Can identify and plan to resolve challenges faced by organisations moving their applications to the cloud.
• Security related certifications such as CISSP, CCSP and CISM are advantageous.

Personal Specification

• Ability to operate within complex operating environments.
• Capability to think both strategically and tactically.
• Excellent technical knowledge of security and how it can be commercialised.
• Flawless execution; an impeccable attention to detail and timely delivery.
• Provides objective and valuable advisory that builds long‑term relationships with our customers.
• Evidence of developing business relationships with heads of business or function or C‑level leaders.
• Client‑facing consultancy experience within large enterprises, happy to deliver to SMBs.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Goes above and beyond to get the job done.
• Proactive, takes ownership and is accountable.
• Identifies problems and provides solutions.