Solutions Architect

• Develop and maintain solution architecture supporting regulatory and compliance monitoring capabilities.

• Design end-to-end solution architectures that consider technical, regulatory, commercial, and organisational factors.

• Apply industry best practices, standards, frameworks, and policies to drive value and architectural consistency.

• Elicit requirements and shape designs or prototypes aligned to target architectures for security and compliance.

• Act as a subject matter expert, defining guiding principles, architectural standards, and success criteria.

• Provide architectural oversight to ensure modern, decoupled, and secure solutions are delivered.

• Support Product Owners and Platform Leads in identifying and assessing software, infrastructure, and security risks.

• Offer clear architectural options and recommendations, including ever-greening and modernisation strategies.

• Contribute to architecture governance, risk management, and compliance processes.

• Proven experience in solution architecture or systems engineering within multi-disciplinary product or platform teams.

• Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks.

• Solid understanding of secure configuration and deployment practices, including Infrastructure-as-Code.

• Hands-on experience with Terraform, and familiarity with tools such as Harness and GitHub.

• Strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its security services.

• Good understanding of cryptographic principles and experience reviewing or designing cryptographic solutions.

• Experience collaborating closely with Enterprise, Security, Data, and Infrastructure Architects.

• Proven experience contributing to architecture governance, risk management, and compliance activities.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical topics clearly to non-technical audiences.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience working in a Cyber Defence, Security Operations, or SOC environment.

• Strong visual communication skills and experience storytelling with architecture artefacts and data.