Security Architect position in a financial services organization, responsible for end-to-end security architecture ownership, shaping cybersecurity solutions, and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, security strategy, and business objectives. The ideal candidate will have proven experience as a Security Architect in financial services, delivering complex cyber solutions, and strong delivery background across various domains.
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Key Responsibilities
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Job Description
Security Architect – Financial Services
Contract details
- Fully remote (UK-based)
- 6-month contract (extension likely)
- Outside IR35
- £800 per day
We’re seeking an experienced Security Architect to support a major Strategic Cybersecurity Programme within a financial services organisation. This role sits within Enterprise Architecture & Strategy, providing end-to-end security architecture ownership across complex, business-critical initiatives in a highly regulated environment.
You’ll be responsible for shaping, governing and assuring cybersecurity solutions from early concept through to delivery and realised business outcomes, working closely with senior technology, security, risk and product stakeholders.
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What you’ll be doing
- Own the end-to-end security architecture for large-scale cybersecurity initiatives within financial services
- Produce high-quality architectural artefacts from conceptual and logical designs through to detailed solution architecture
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security strategy, regulatory obligations and business objectives
- Provide architectural leadership to delivery teams, resolving technical dependencies, risks and design challenges
- Work closely with product teams, security, risk, and engineering to ensure secure, resilient and cost-effective solutions
- Perform architecture assurance and governance, reviewing designs and deliverables from internal teams and third-party suppliers
- Contribute to Information Security, Digital and Data strategies, ensuring designs support future-state capabilities
- Identify opportunities for security-led innovation, balancing new technologies with enterprise standards and roadmaps
- Stay current with cybersecurity trends and threats, translating insight into pragmatic, deliverable architecture
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What you’ll bring
- Proven experience as a Security Architect delivering complex cyber solutions in financial services
- Strong delivery background across domains such as IAM, Threat Detection & Response, Attack Surface Management, Infrastructure Security and Data Protection
- Hands-on experience designing security solutions in AWS environments
- End-to-end delivery experience across multi-technology programmes and projects
- Strong understanding of financial services risk, regulatory and control frameworks
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels
- Solid architectural foundation using TOGAF, UML, and agile delivery methodologies
- Commercial awareness, including solution costing, vendor engagement and procurement frameworks
- Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM or equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development and engagement with cybersecurity best practice
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