Security Architect - Zero Trust

• Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• AWS Certified Security - Specialty
• AWS Solutions Architect - Professional
• CISM
• SABSA Practitioner or Chartered
• TOGAF Practitioner
• Certified Zero Trust Practitioner (CZTP)

Typical Deliverables

• Enterprise Zero Trust Strategy & Roadmap
• Azure & AWS Security Reference Architectures
• Cloud Security Governance Frameworks
• Security Architecture Standards & Patterns
• Identity Security and PAM Strategies
• ZTNA/SASE Solution Designs
• Cyber Resilience Roadmaps
• Executive Security Briefings
• Security Risk Assessments
• Regulatory Compliance and Audit Reports

A senior security leader with deep expertise in Zero Trust, Cloud Security, Identity Security, and Security Architecture, capable of partnering with executive stakeholders and leading enterprise-wide security transformation initiatives across Azure and AWS environments. The individual should possess both strategic leadership capability and strong technical depth to influence architecture decisions at the highest organisational level., * Solid Information Security and Cyber Security experience.

• 5-7+ years in Security Architecture leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale Zero Trust transformation programmes.
• Extensive experience securing Azure and AWS cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex security architecture programmes within large enterprises.
• Experience advising senior executives, architecture boards, and security governance forums.
• Strong experience managing security architecture teams and mentoring architects and engineers.

Technical Expertise

Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Entra ID
• Defender for Cloud
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Azure Firewall
• Azure Policy
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Conditional Access
• Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

Amazon Web Services

• AWS IAM
• AWS Organizations
• AWS Security Hub
• AWS GuardDuty
• AWS Inspector
• AWS KMS
• AWS WAF
• AWS Shield
• Amazon EKS
• Amazon VPC

Security Domains

• Zero Trust Architecture
• Cloud Security Architecture
• Identity & Access Management
• Privileged Access Management
• Network Security
• Data Security
• Security Operations
• Threat Modelling
• DevSecOps
• Kubernetes Security
• Risk & Compliance

Security Technologies

• Microsoft Defender Suite
• Microsoft Sentinel
• CrowdStrike Falcon
• Splunk
• Prisma Cloud
• Wiz
• CyberArk
• BeyondTrust
• SailPoint
• Saviynt

Leadership & Business Competencies

• Executive stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Experience presenting security strategy to CIO, CISO and Board-level stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness and risk-based decision-making.
• Ability to lead globally distributed teams and large transformation programmes.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and consulting skills.
• Strong mentoring and people leadership capabilities.