Azure Network Security Architect

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 23 April 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Technology
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SKILLS

Azure Cloud Services VNETs NSGs Azure Firewall Security Policies Zero Trust Architecture

FULL DESCRIPTION

Initially, a 1-month contract will be issued, which is extendable up to 12 months. During the first month, the candidate will be required to work 2 weeks onsite and 2 weeks remotely. After that, the role will move to a hybrid working model.

Job details

: Posted 23 March 2026 : Salary £500 per day : LocationLondon : Job type [Contract](/jobs/contract-1) : Discipline [Technology](/jobs/technology)

Job description

Initially, a 1-month contract will be issued, which is extendable up to 12 months. During the first month, the candidate will be required to work 2 weeks onsite and 2 weeks remotely. After that, the role will move to a hybrid working model.

Cloud Engineering / Networking Responsibilities:

  • Develop, Design and implement- Azure Cloud Services: Azure Virtual Machines, App Services, AKS, Functions, Storage, Monitor
  • Develop, Design and implement VNETs, Subnets, NSGs, Azure Firewall, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, SDWAN and network solutions
  • Automation & DevOps -Design and implement support for ARM Templates, Terraform, PowerShell, CI/CD Pipelines
  • Performance & Cost Optimization – Autoscaling, Load Balancing, Reserved Instances
  • Design for scalability, reliability, availability, and security of systems.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize performance and maintain resilient systems.
  • Investigate and evaluate market and technology trends
  • Foster a collaborative troubleshooting environment.

Security and Compliance:

  • Implement and adhere to and enforce security policies and best practices.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., ISO, NIST).
  • Remediate vulnerabilities and provide systems built with security by design.
  • Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture
  • Support Identity & Access Management Standards, Azure AD, RBAC

System / Networking Assessment Responsibilities:

  • Review and assess the enterprise network landscape including LAN, WAN, Fiber and Voice for Hollister’s Tennessee locations.
  • Evaluate on-prem and cloud network security posture.
  • Assess server and compute platforms across on-prem and cloud environments.
  • Review storage, backup, restore and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Document consolidated findings, and recommendations for the above.
  • Create Network Assessment Report – Architecture and configuration details of network Devices
  • Create Server Assessment Report - Capacity, performance, availability details of On-prem and cloud servers
  • Create Security Assessment Report - Identified risks and vulnerabilities on network, server, access control & firewall.

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