Principal Cloud Security Architect

Alignerr

📍 , , united kingdom, , , united kingdom, United-Kingdom

Full-time IT & Technology Posted June 14, 2026

Job Description

Principal Cloud Security Architect

About the Role

What if your deep expertise in cloud security could directly shape how large‑scale organizations protect their most critical infrastructure? We're looking for a Principal Cloud Security Architect to dig into complex cloud environments - uncovering architectural risks, IAM misconfigurations, and security design gaps before they become real‑world vulnerabilities.

This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for senior security practitioners who know how to think like an attacker and communicate like a strategist.

  • Type: Hourly Contract
  • Location: Remote
  • Commitment: Flexible, based on project scope

What You'll Do

  • Assess cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP for security weaknesses and structural risks
  • Review IAM configurations, permission models, network segmentation, and resource‑level polici...