Cloud Security Architect - FinTech & Payments Leader

InfoSec People Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 112,500 - 137,500; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech scale-up in London is seeking a Principal Security Architect to lead their security architecture strategy. The ideal candidate will bring extensive cloud security experience, particularly with GCP, AWS, and Azure, and possess deep knowledge of Kubernetes security. This role offers a high-impact position with opportunities to shape security standards and practices in a rapidly growing organization, with an attractive salary of up to £125,000 and a culture prioritizing office presence four days a week.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in cloud security architecture (GCP/AWS/Azure).
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and container security.
• Strong background in threat modelling and secure system design.
• Ability to influence at senior engineering and leadership levels.
• Comfortable in fast-moving, innovative scale-up environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the security architecture strategy across the entire engineering function.
• Lead threat modelling, secure design reviews and architecture governance for high-scale financial systems.
• Establish secure cloud patterns across GCP, AWS and Azure environments.
• Drive container and Kubernetes security maturity.
• Shape defence‑in‑depth enterprise security systems across the platform.

Skills

Cloud security architecture

Kubernetes security

Threat modelling

Secure system design

CI/CD integration

Influence senior leadership

Job description

A leading FinTech scale-up in London is seeking a Principal Security Architect to lead their security architecture strategy. The ideal candidate will bring extensive cloud security experience, particularly with GCP, AWS, and Azure, and possess deep knowledge of Kubernetes security. This role offers a high-impact position with opportunities to shape security standards and practices in a rapidly growing organization, with an attractive salary of up to £125,000 and a culture prioritizing office presence four days a week.