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Our mission is to proactively identify emerging threats, implement effective controls, and ensure continuous protection of our cloud environments.\nWe are now looking for a Cloud Security Architect with a strong operational mindset to join our Security Operations team. In this role, you will not only design secure cloud architectures but also actively build and drive security improvements with respected platform owners. This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys hands-on technical knowledge alongside architecture responsibilities, working close to cloud team, engineering, operations, and incident response teams.\nYour expertise will be focused on Microsoft Azure, but you may also work with other cloud platforms such as Google Cloud and AWS.\nAbout the role\nTranslate the cloud audit policies and technical controls defined by Cloud Governance into automated, version-controlled policies (e.g., Cloud Policy, Open Policy Agent, Terraform/Bicep guardrails). Together with stakeholders ensure controls are enforced at correct scope (subscription, MG, org). Operate and continuously improve cloud security tooling such as Cloud-native security tools, e.g. Defender for Cloud. Investigate and respond to security alerts and incidents in cloud environments. Perform security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and misconfiguration fixes. Support and improve monitoring, logging, and detection capabilities (e.g., SIEM integrations). In this role you don't just maintain the baseline. Independently analyze our existing cloud security posture, identify gaps against evolving threat landscapes, and build new automated policies to complement IT security requirements. Actively monitor, identify, and mitigate security risks and architectural drift within the Cloud Landing Zones.\nSecurity Architecture\nDesign and implement secure cloud architectures and design patterns.\nTranslate architecture into deployable technical solutions (not only high-level designs).\nBuild and validate proof-of-concepts and security solutions in real environments.\nEnsure security is embedded into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows.\nSubject Matter Expertise\nServe as the subject matter expert (SME) on cloud security for our organization.\nStrong, hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure security ecosystems (Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Enterprise Landing Zones).\nSecurity Baseline Knowledge, familiarity with turning frameworks (like CIS Benchmarks, NIST, or internal corporate security policies) into actual runtime definitions.\nRisk Assessment and Communication\nIdentify, assess, and remediate cloud security risks in live environments.\nContribute to security baselines, policies, and technical standards, with a practical, implementable approach.\nEnsure that security controls do not become developer bottlenecks. The goal is making the secure path the easiest path for product teams.\nContinuously improve security posture through measurable, operational changes.\nWork closely with IT Security, Security Engineering and Security Governance teams, IT Operations, SOC, and Engineering teams to ensure security controls are effective and operational.\nAbout the team\nSecurity Operations protects the organization against cyber threats through continuous monitoring, incident response, threat intelligence, and security testing. The team works proactively to detect, investigate, and respond to security threats before they impact business operations, data, or customers.\nIn addition, Security Operations provides infrastructure security expertise covering cloud, identity, server, network, endpoint, and Microsoft 365 environments. Through close collaboration with IT Operations and platform teams, the unit helps strengthen cyber resilience, reduce security risks, and support secure business transformation\nWe offer\nHere are some of the benefits of working at If:\nAn inclusive work environment where everyone is welcome\nCareer and development opportunities in the biggest insurance company in the Nordics\nSocial activities, as well as highly skilled professional environment\nPossibility of hybrid workplace\nHealth promoting workplace with e.g., wellness allowance and various sports activities\nGreat insurance benefits\nWho are you?\nYou have strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure security services, not just designing them. In addition, you have a solid understanding of Cloud security principles, best practices, networking, containers and modern cloud architectures.\nYou also have:\nExperience in at least some of the following:Identity and access management (Azure AD, Entra ID, PIM)\nCloud security monitoring and threat detection\nIncident response and security operations\nSecurity framework knowledge, like CIS or NIST\n\nRelevant degree in IT, Information Security, or similar field.\nCertifications such as CISSP, Azure Security Engineer, or similar are beneficial.\nAbout the recruitment process\nApplication deadline: Tuesday 20.10.2026.\nTo apply for the position: Please attach your CV and answer the questions in the application form.\nWork location: Turku, Espoo, Stockholm, Oslo or Copenhagen.\nTravelling: Travelling within If countries are needed to some extend, approximately on a monthly basis.\nStart: As soon as possible, to be agreed in the negotiation phase. \nFor more information, please contact Mika Rintamäki, Head of Security Operations +358 50 329 1855.\nIt is a requirement for the position that If’s extended fit & proper requirements, including background checks, can be met.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5653,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Sports activities"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Norway","iso":"NO","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cloud Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-06T11:06:07Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:6","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-07T00:29:31Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/if-cloud-security-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/if-cloud-security-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-07T00:29:31Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":803,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4197,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-08T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1819970},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1819970"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fif-cloud-security-architect"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fif-cloud-security-architect"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fif-cloud-security-architect"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/if-cloud-security-architect\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fif-cloud-security-architect"}]}