Security Architect
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As a Lead / Principal Architect, you'll take technical ownership of a critical business domain. You'll guide the transition from legacy systems to a modern, cloud-native, microservices architecture, with a specific focus on solutions that serve the business unit you are aligned too.
The Principle Architect is responsible for owning the architecture roadmap end-to-end within their domain - from strategy to implementation. Unlike in some organisations where architects may focus more on governance or high-level oversight, my client expects their architects to be technically involved and closely aligned with delivery teams.
However, this is a Leadership role. You will be managing a team, bringing stakeholders on a journey and owning strategic direction., * End-to-end ownership of the domain architecture, including technical decisions, roadmap definition, and implementation oversight.
- Hands-on engagement , including decisions on infrastructure, patterns, configuration, observability, and cost scaling.
- Stakeholder engagement , building relationships that allow delivery teams to interface independently while maintaining architectural integrity.
- Guidance and leadership , steering solution direction, ensuring scalability, and aligning designs with strategic goals.
- Prioritisation of tactical vs. strategic work , ideally by evaluating trade-offs and alignment with the target state - though not all candidates demonstrated this understanding.
Why Join?
- Be in at the beginning of building a brand new team.
- Huge Impact as you will own the technical landscape for your domain.
- Clear direction, no third-party constraints, and full in-house ownership
- Minimal politics, strong alignment from board to tech team
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Requirements
This is a domain specific role, so Financial Services experience is required, but this can be from either Industry side or Consultancy., * Proven experience in solutions architecture within a heavily regulated industry.
- A strong track record of modernising legacy systems into scalable, microservices-based platforms
- Deep knowledge of design patterns, cloud-native practices, and architectural governance
- Experience of managing and running a team of Architects.
- Ability to still dig into the technical detail of P1 incidents.
This is a hands-on leadership role - ideal for someone who wants to shape strategy but also stay close to the technology.
Benefits & conditions
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