Senior Cloud Security & Solutions Architect

Role
:
Senior Cloud Security & Solutions Architect

Department
:
Infrastructure & Operations, Digital Services Directorate

Responsible to
:
Microsoft Services Technical Manager

Reference
: 040490

We are a university with a national and international reputation for excellence, innovation and regional engagement, making a major contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of Northern Ireland.

Our core business activities are teaching and learning, widening access to education, research and innovation and technology and knowledge transfer.

The postholder will specialise in Azure Cloud Technologies, leading in architecting, implementing, and optimising cloud solutions to ensure the design of scalable and resilient architectures that support digital transformation initiatives, large-scale migrations, and cloud-native development projects. The remit of the role extends to supporting and maintaining the University’s Cloud-Based Microsoft Enterprise configurations incorporating Azure Cloud Services, elements of the Microsoft Security Ecosystem, including Defender for Cloud and Defender for Cloud Apps and Azure Governance, Security and Compliance embedding security by design and secure by default principles from day one.

If you would like to have an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Darragh McCrickard, Microsoft Technical Services Manager via email.

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in an Information Technology/Computer Science related discipline or demonstratable appropriate level and range of professional experience.
• Experience in architecting, implementing and deploying Azure infrastructure using secure by default principles from design through to production.
• Experience of deploying, managing and supporting any three of the following technologies in a large organisation:
• Cost Optimisation and Fin Ops
• Governance and Compliance via Azure Policy
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling such as Terraform and Bicep
• Microsoft Cloud Security Tools (Defender for Cloud and Cloud Apps)
• Log Collection Tools and Analysis (Log Analytics, Azure Monitor etc.)
• Experience and proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages (Power Shell, Python, Azure CLI, Bash etc.).
• Strong experience of supporting, managing and developing the following Azure Infrastructure technologies:
  Networking, Security, Storage, and Compute.

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Ulster University holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality in higher education. You can read more about what this means on our University website. The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.

The University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities. Appointment will be made on merit.