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Acting as a senior escalation point and subject matter expert, you will bridge the gap between technical implementation and business outcomes, influencing stakeholders at all levels by translating complex security risks into clear, actionable business decisions.\nWorking within a Microsoft-centric Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), you will lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of cloud, data, and AI security solutions across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and the wider Microsoft Security portfolio. You will help customers strengthen their security posture through the adoption of modern security architectures, Zero Trust principles, data protection strategies, and advanced threat defence capabilities.\nThis is a highly visible role combining strategic consulting, technical leadership, solution architecture, and customer engagement. You will lead workshops, guide transformation programmes, and work directly with technical teams, security leaders, and executive stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient, and compliant cloud environments.\nAs a senior member of the consulting practice, you will remain at the forefront of Microsoft innovation, evaluating emerging technologies, preview capabilities, and next-generation security controls. Experience in securing and governing AI-driven solutions, including Copilot, Security Copilot, Generative AI applications, and agentic AI workflows, will be highly advantageous as organisations increasingly adopt autonomous and AI-assisted technologies.\nUsing a combination of hands-on expertise, architectural vision, and industry best practice, you will help customers solve complex security challenges across cloud, data, identity, and AI domains. You will collaborate closely with sales, service delivery, engineering, and Microsoft teams to create secure outcomes that enable business growth while managing risk.\nThis role offers the opportunity to work with enterprise-scale organisations, influence security strategy, and shape the future of cloud, data, and AI security in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.\nWhy Join Us?\nYou will join a team that lives on the cutting edge of Microsoft security innovation, where continuous learning, technical excellence, and customer success are at the heart of everything we do. This is an opportunity to develop deep expertise across cloud security, data security, exposure management, and AI security while helping customers confidently embrace the next generation of Microsoft technologies.\nKey interfaces: CTO, COO, CRO, Sales, Professional Services, Operations, Customers, Microsoft\nThe Role will Involve:\nThis is a dual role. Within Professional Services, you will be the Lead Cloud Security Architect in a customer-facing position, delivering secure Microsoft cloud solutions to our clients and making sure security and privacy are built in by design. Alongside this, reporting directly to the CTO you will provide technical leadership and expertise to ITC's internal Product and Platform function, shaping how our services and platforms are developed.\nKey Responsibilities:\nClient Advisory\nAct as a trusted advisor to VP and C-level stakeholders on security solutions and enterprise security programmes, and manage those relationships.\nLead technical discussions that help clients align security strategy with business goals, and accelerate their Cloud and Data security efforts across the board.\nAdvise clients on securing M365, Microsoft Azure Cloud, cyber security and UC platforms. This includes mapping requirements to best-in-class implementations, selecting the most appropriate solutions, and evaluating non-functional attributes such as security, usability, portability and stability.\nCustomer Delivery, Architecture & Technical Specialisms\nTake part in customer engagements across the full project lifecycle, performing discovery, analysis, design, build, test and deployment of Microsoft security, compliance and identity (SCI) solutions.\nSupport customers with migrations from incumbent technologies (e.g. CrowdStrike, Mimecast, Proofpoint) to Microsoft security solutions.\nCo-lead multiple parts of engagement delivery with project owners. Provide technical oversight so that delivery meets client requirements, and support the delivery team when facing challenges.\nDesign and build Microsoft security reference architectures for public, private and hybrid cloud-based systems.\nDeliver technical reviews of cloud security architecture against strategic cloud security frameworks.\nGuide customers on zero trust and SASE, from technical gap analysis through to a clear path to implementation.\nApply Data Lifecycle Management techniques and approaches enabled by Microsoft Purview.\nDesign and implement cloud-based Identity Management with Microsoft Entra ID.\nWork with customers to discover, design and implement data management solutions.\nDevelop and deliver user stories and use cases. Work with interdependent engineers and solution architects to produce technical requirements and identify related business benefits.\nSales & Partner Support\nSupport the sales team with expert customer guidance, and proactively identify up-sell opportunities to maintain the commercial attractiveness of ITC's Professional and Managed Services.\nContribute to marketing and Microsoft channel activity, including:collateral, blogs and webinars\nspeaking at events\ndiscussions with Microsoft sellers\ndelivery of Microsoft workshops\n\nTeam Leadership & Innovation\nCoach, lead and direct the team of consultants, providing technical, process and service leadership and making sure deliverables are on time and to the expected quality.\nSpearhead ITC's development of solution offerings with and for Agentic AI.\nKeep ITC at the leading edge of Microsoft's SCI roadmap by engaging with Microsoft product teams and doing ongoing platform research. Share best practice across the team.\nAdvise executive management on current and emerging technologies that can increase security, reduce costs, improve performance and availability, and reduce administration time.\nSkills & Experience:\nWe are Looking for Someone With:\nA strong foundation across the Microsoft Security solution stack, including on-premise, endpoint, Azure based solutions and Purview.\nProven experience with Data Lifecycle Management techniques and approaches enabled by Microsoft Purview\nCloud-based Identity Management with Microsoft Entra ID\nHands-on experience of discovery, analysis, design, build, test and deployment of Microsoft SCI solutions\nGood working knowledge of zero trust and SASE concepts, including technical gap analysis and implementation planning\nA flair for communicating innovative cloud approaches and their benefits to clients, understanding their underlying business needs and goals, and giving expert advice to help resolve complex business problems\nDemonstrable knowledge and experience or hold some or all of the following certifications, or be willing to achieve them:SC-100 (Cybersecurity Architect)\nSC-200 (Security Operations Analyst)\nSC-300 (Identity and Access Administrator)\nSC-401 (Information Security Administrator)\nAZ-500 (retired) / SC-500 (Cloud & AI Security Engineer)\nMD-102 (Endpoint Administrator)\nMS-102 (Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert)\nAZ-104 (Azure Administrator)\nAZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect)\nCISSP\n\nKnowledge of security standards like CIS, NIST, PCI DSS, GDPR and Cyber Essentials\nUnderstanding compliance and regulatory requirements related to data security\nExperience delivering Microsoft focused pre-sales discovery engagements with customers\nDemonstrate working in Agile environment\nDegree level qualification or equivalent\nExcellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills\nAbility to manage priorities and multi-task\nExperience of, and comfort with, public speaking to support customer seminars or events\nCertifications in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Cloud Security offerings\nExperience with Microsoft, Google and Amazon cloud environments\nDeployment experience of Microsoft 365 including:Purview:Microsoft Information Protection\nInsider Risk\nData Loss Prevention\nSecuring AI (inc DSPM)\nData lifecycle management\n\nMicrosoft Defender:Microsoft Defender For Endpoint\nMicrosoft Defender For Identity\nMicrosoft Defender For Cloud Apps\nMicrosoft Defender For Office365\n\nEntra Identity Protection:Microsoft Defender For Cloud\nMicrosoft Sentinel\nMicrosoft Security Copilot\n\nAbility to apply structured thinking, simplifying complex problems into component parts, to the resolution of project challenges\nWorkshop skill for conveying information to customers, lead meetings and provide actionable writeups of tasks / actions.\nKnowledge of modern application architectures and cloud platforms\nAbility to consistently deliver quality within expected timeframes and on budget\nWorking Hours:Normal working hours are 7.5 hours a day - Monday - Friday.\nWorking Location: ITC have offices in Canary Wharf however operate in a hybrid working model. Close proximity to London is necessary for any onsite engagements.\nTravel:Occasional travel to customer site when necessary.\nBenefits:\n25 days annual leave.\nPension scheme.\nPrivate health insurance.\nEnhanced maternity and paternity leave.\nDeath-in-service life cover.\nShopping discounts.\nCycle to work scheme.\nSeason ticket/gym loans.\nOnline wellbeing centre.\nAnd more!\nThis job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the role and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9838,"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":["Annual leave","Continuous learning","Health insurance","Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cloud Security","Cybersecurity","Managed Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T14:05:57Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":72,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.801,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":12,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:0","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/itc-secure-senior-cloud-security-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/itc-secure-senior-cloud-security-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-18T00:43:25Z","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_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1238,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-19T00:00:00Z"}},"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":172289},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=172289"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fitc-secure-senior-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%2Fitc-secure-senior-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%2Fitc-secure-senior-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/itc-secure-senior-cloud-security-architect\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fitc-secure-senior-cloud-security-architect"}]}