Cloud Security Architect
On site
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
04-04-2025
Job Specifications
Introduction
Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview
At Gallagher we are recruiting a Security Architect who will join our global security architecture and engineering function with twin teams based in US and APAC regions.
The primary objective of the role will serve as a key technical resource in Global Cyber and Information Security (GCIS) organisation.
The Security Architect will be responsible for creating security architecture frameworks, design patterns, standards, reference architectures, best practices and technical specifications and will work closely with other Information Security colleagues, IT & Infrastructure organization and Business teams globally to provide security architecture guidance and recommendations.
How You'll Make An Impact
Define and create Information Security architectural standards, artefacts, design patterns and technical specification documents.
Assess, monitor and recommend improvements to the global security architecture to improve security posture, mitigate risks and balancing costs.
Oversee and consult with project teams to ensure adherence to security design patterns and best practices.
Designs and collaborates on solutions that balance business requirements with information security requirements.
Proactively identifies technical and architectural risks, commenting and/or providing alternatives for improvement.
Lead efforts for security technology evaluations, participates in proof of concept testing and provide in-depth analysis of the proposed solution.
Collaborate and partner with various key stakeholders across the enterprise to ensure alignment with the overall intended design.
Partner with architects and engineers within infrastructure, network, application and business teams to ensure that solutions are developed and managed as per GCIS policies and standards
Assists with risk mitigation and governance activities aligned with security architecture compliance.
While primary role of the architect is to build architectural designs and documentation, this role also needs to periodically assist with security configurations on commercial and home grown solutions
About You
Previous experience working in cybersecurity preferably gained in the Insurance or financial services industry.
Experience in documenting reference architectures, standards and position papers
Demonstrated working experience in a regulated and globally distributed environment
Previous experience working with at least one cloud provider (Azure, AWS and/or GCP)
Extensive experience working with networking, firewalls, end point protection, Identity and Access Management and data protection.
Knowledge of cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) offerings would be an advantage.
Previous experience and knowledge implementing security standards frameworks (NIST - CSF, ISO 27001, CSA CCM, PCI-DSS, GDPR)
Experience in enterprise architecture frameworks such as; TOGAF
Eligible to work in the UK.
Compensation And Benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
Other Benefits Include
Three fully paid volunteering days per year
Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
Critical illness cover
Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
Season ticket loan
Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
Emergency back-up family care
And many more…
We value inclusion and diversity
Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.
We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.
Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) ...
About the Company
Gallagher is one of the UK’s largest insurance brokers — with a UK-wide network of more than 50 branches and well-established specialty London market operations, delivering risk management solutions for corporate, commercial and personal customers. We are the broker of choice for more than 720,000 UK and international businesses and work with companies of all sizes — from sole traders, start-ups and SMEs to large businesses and multinationals — across a wide range of industry sectors to minimise their total cost of risk. O... Know more
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