Security Design Architect

You'll be joining a leading, globally recognised financial services organisation with a strong focus on security architecture, innovation, and emerging technologies. The business is investing heavily in AI and secure design, with a dedicated Security Architecture Design team responsible for defining and embedding best-in-class security patterns across the organisation. Your new role As a Lead Security Design Architect, you'll play a key role within a small, high-impact team of four, contributing to the evolution of secure design across the business. A key focus will be on enhancing existing secure design patterns and developing new AI-focused security patterns, leveraging an established AI Secure Reference Architecture. You'll help define what 'good' looks like for secure AI adoption, updating standards and driving consistency across programmes.

• Strong experience as a Security Architect / Security Design Architect, or an engineer who has transitioned into architecture
• Proven experience in threat modelling and secure design pattern development
• Experience designing and applying security controls across cloud and distributed systems
• Strong understanding of security frameworks and best practices (OWASP, NIST, CIS, etc.)
• Ability to work closely with engineering teams in fast-paced delivery environments
• Familiarity with common developer tools (GitLab, Azure DevOps, Terraform, YAML/Markdown)
• Exposure to AI security or a strong interest in space

• £700 per day (Inside IR35)
• Hybrid working
• Opportunity to shape secure AI architecture at scale
• High-impact role within a critical security function