Google Security Specialist

A Cloud Security Specialist is a key consulting role, working with PA’s clients across the private and public sectors to define security architectures and solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to match their business requirements and risks. It will allow you to combine your expertise in information and cloud security, GCP solution architecture and business advice to define secure solutions in some of the most challenging environments. You will have the opportunity to be genuinely creative in providing clients with innovative security approaches and solutions.  What you can expect 🌱  Work to agile best practices and cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders. You’ll be using your technical skills to problem solve with our clients, as well as working on internal projects  Live in-person whiteboarding sessions to problem solve as a team, alongside asynchronous communication on Teams  Hybrid working with the team on client site or in our office a minimum of two days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.  An environment that deeply cares about its values Values | PA Consulting Qualifications Essential requirements ✅  Even if you don’t meet every requirement below, feel free to still apply as we are often hiring for similar roles which your background might be better suited to.  You thrive in problem-solving and analytical thinking   You enjoy collaborating with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment  Defining the end-to-end security architecture and Google Cloud security solutions for a project or programme, creating Conceptual, Logical architectures and Implementatingthese to align to business needs  Working to deliver leading edge solutions in identity management in Cloud IAM, network and infrastructure protection, cloud native security, security monitoring, network segregation etc., to defend against some of the most advanced threats and capable threat actors  Reviewing the current state of client’s security measures and recommending and implementing enhancements  Interpreting complex business and technical issues to create a viable solution  Working on projects with high strategic impact, setting a strategy that can be used in the long term and across the breadth of the organisation  Designing secure system architectures through the application of Google best practice patterns and principles, to meet user needs while managing business and security risks  Applying innovative security architecture solutions to problems and be able to justify and communicate design decisions.   To meet the demands of this role, a solid foundation in information security, relevant certifications (such as Google Cloud Professional Security Engineer, Google Cloud Professional Security Operations Engineer, CISSP, CISM, IISP/CCP, TOGAF, SABSA), and a proven history of delivering security solutions for large-scale infrastructure or integration projects are essential.