Date: 23 Sept 2025
Location:
Sydney, NSW, AU
Department: Enabling Areas
Description:
Job Requisition ID: 39487
Cloud Security Architect
Location: Sydney
Business Unit: Enabling Areas
Offering Portfolio: ITS
Job Requisition ID: 39487
Be part of market-leading projects with global scale and complexity
Tackle big issues like cyber, trust, resilience and digital transformation
Thrive in an innovative, collaborative people culture
We’re seeking a forward‑thinking Cloud Security Architect to drive secure adoption of modern platforms and technologies, including Kubernetes/containers, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), application security, and Generative/Agentic AI. You’ll enable the business to innovate at speed while maintaining a strong security posture and operational agility, with a practical focus on rapid architecture reviews, targeted testing, and guardrails that reduce manual effort for low‑risk changes.
What will your typical day look like?
You’re a technical leader and strategic thinker with deep expertise in security architecture and cloud platforms. You can translate security requirements into scalable, practical solutions, and influence teams to embed security without slowing delivery.
About the Team
Our CISO team is a diverse and highly skilled group dedicated to securing Deloitte against evolving cyber threats. We operate across multiple security disciplines to govern, design, defend, operate, and enhance our cybersecurity capabilities, ensuring resilience and regulatory compliance.
Within the CISO function, our specialized teams include:
GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance): Driving security governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
Cyber Assurance: Embedding security into solution design and deployment through robust frameworks that enable secure innovation.
Cyber Defence: Protecting, detecting, and responding to cyber threats.
Cyber Operations: Overseeing continuous monitoring, maintenance, and incident response.
Vendor Cyber Risk Management (VCRM): Ensuring third-party vendors meet security standards and manage cyber risks effectively.
Enough About Us, Let’s Talk About You
You’ll Bring:
Experience: 7+ years in Security Architecture, AppSec, or Cloud Security roles in cloud-native or multi-cloud environments.
Certifications (preferred): CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, AWS/Azure Security Specialty, Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS). Offensive Security certs (OSCP, OSWE, GPEN) highly valued.
Technical Depth: Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes, containers, application security, IaC, SSDLC/DevSecOps.
AI Security: Familiarity with securing AI/ML and GenAI platforms, including data/model risks and evaluation guardrails.
Soft Skills: Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders, communicate complex risks in business terms, and drive alignment across cyber, engineering, and business teams.
Mindset: Adaptable, pragmatic, and up-to-date on emerging technologies; able to work independently, prioritise under pressure, and foster a culture of secure innovation.
Why Deloitte?
At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.
We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.
We support flexibility and choice. We encourage you to find the right balance between connecting in person with your clients and teams and meeting your own personal needs.
We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.