Cloud Architect

Entasis Partners
London
1 week ago
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Job Description

Cloud Architect – M365, Identity & Zero Trust

Contract | Complex Transformation Environment


We’re supporting a client delivering a major modernisation of their end-user, identity, and security platforms. The focus is on Microsoft 365 adoption, identity-led security, and a zero-trust network architecture operating at scale in a highly regulated environment.

This role suits a hands-on Cloud Architect who can operate comfortably at both strategy and delivery level, influencing design decisions while staying close to implementation.


What you’ll be working on

  • Designing and shaping a Microsoft 365–centric end-user and identity platform
  • Defining and evolving zero-trust / SASE architecture and security controls
  • Producing clear, pragmatic architecture designs (high-level through to detailed)
  • Creating and maintaining core architecture artefacts (identity flows, security patterns, standards)
  • Supporting delivery teams with architectural direction, challenge, and assurance
  • Assessing options and trade-offs across cost, risk, resilience, and operability
  • Embedding cyber security by desi...

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