Cloud Security Architect

Cloud Security Architect About Spike Reply:

Spike Reply is the company within the Reply Group focusing on cybersecurity and personal data protection. Its mission is to safeguard the values and privacy of people, companies and processes in order to support the growth of a global, sustainable digital world through innovation. Confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems are top priorities. Together with its partners, the company provides vendor-independent consulting services to help enterprises achieve a group-wide, security-oriented culture.

Role Overview :

As a Cloud Security Architect, you will join Reply’s growing cybersecurity practice in a senior consulting role embedded within financial services and public sector organisations. You will take ownership of cloud security architecture, governance, and strategy across multi-cloud environments, working at the intersection of technology, risk, and business. You will engage with executive stakeholders, drive compliance programmes, and enable clients to adopt cloud securely and s is a high-impact role suited to a security professional who combines deep technical expertise with the strategic ability to translate complex threats into clear, actionable guidance.

Responsibilities:

Design and own cloud security architecture across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP environments, including the development of reference architectures and reusable solution patterns

Define and author enterprise-level security policies, controls frameworks, and governance documentation aligned to industry standards

Lead risk assessments, threat modelling exercises, and security posture evaluations for cloud platforms and SaaS products, utilising methodologies such as FAIRDrive compliance programmes covering ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, PCI DSS, and other relevant regulatory frameworks

Support Dev Sec Ops  adoption and integrate security tooling and controls into CI/CD pipelines across client delivery teams

Engage senior stakeholders and executive teams with clear security risk reporting, remediation guidance, and strategic security roadmaps

Lead or contribute to Security Champions communities of practice, fostering a security-aware engineering culture within client organisations

Provide security assurance for software development and third-party supplier onboarding, including SSPM tooling and SaaS security reviews

Architect secure identity solutions, including centralised and federated authentication models across complex, cross-domain environments

Support incident response planning and business continuity activities, ensuring cloud-hosted services meet resilience and recovery objectives

Contribute to Fin Ops activities from a cybersecurity cost and sustainability perspective, ensuring security investments are well-justified and efficiently allocated

About the Candidate:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Physics with Computing, or a related discipline; MSc or equivalent postgraduate qualification is advantageous

Proven experience in a Cloud Security Architect or Senior Security Consultant roleAWS Certified Security – Specialty (required), with CISSP, CRISC, or CCSP strongly preferred; additional certifications such as ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor, Azure Security Engineer, or GCP Security Engineer are advantageous

Hands-on experience securing workloads on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure (GCP experience beneficial)
Track record of delivering security architecture within financial services and/or public sector environments

Experience supporting or achieving ISO 27001 and/or Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation

Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform) and secure CI/CD pipeline design, alongside a background in application…