About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are 3,300 specialists in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Netherlands and Nordics.

Our hybrid way of working is designed to help you plan your work and your life. We want decisions about ‘where to work’ to be governed by ‘the work we need to do’ – whether that’s at client sites, offices/labs/studios, or remotely from home.

We have five principles which will help us balance both creating a high-performance culture that delivers for our clients and the firm, and being understanding and inclusive to individuals, and the teams in which we all work. Our principles are: we put your safety first; we trust PA people; we respect difference; we are responsive to clients and we are responsive to individuals and teams.

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We are seeking to grow our Cloud Security team with subject matter experts who have proven knowledge of developing secure architectures & implementations on either Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure. This role is ideal for candidates from any industry or sector who wishes to play a pivotal role in the helping large and small organisations take their first steps into the cloud or secure what they already have.

The role is based in our Belfast office, but you will also have the opportunity to work from home and there may be requirements to spend some time on client site, so willingness to travel occasionally is required. Opportunities for flexible working also exist, subject to client requirements.

Typical roles include:

●Lead architectural reviews of client cloud implementations against best practice, relevant threats and acceptable risks

●Define and implement cloud security strategies and roadmaps (for both design and remediation activities)

●Collaborate across strategy, transformation, and digital engineering parts of PA to develop and manage the implementation of secure cloud architectures

●Provide support to building the cloud security capability within PA by helping build a wider community and assist in keeping the DTCS team up to date on vendor platform changes, new architectural approaches and best practice

●Setup architecture examples and proof of concepts on vendor platforms to illustrate best practice

●Carry out the day to day tasking of small teams when working on assignments

●Working with relevant cyber security standards, to include NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and broader views of good practice.

• Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in IT or relevant field that demonstrates your interest in IT and cyber security
• A proven track record, of working with one or more of the main cloud vendor platforms (AWS, Azure & GCP)
• Amazon AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure cloud architect professional qualifications
• ISC2 CISSP accreditation or equivalent internationally recognised membership
• Experience of leading the design & architecture of cloud capabilities, including managing operational risk and assurance
• Hands-on-experience working in roles across all phases of the portfolio, programme and project lifecycles

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Travel allowance
• 25 days annual leave with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Company pension scheme
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Life and Income protection insurance
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
• Additional optional benefits (Dental, critical illness, spouse/partner life assurance)
   

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas, styles and skill sets. This diversity stimulates a rich, creative environment – one in which our people develop, and our clients enjoy enduring results. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s goals, without regard to their sex, race, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]