Hybrid Cybersecurity Architect — Financial Services

Accenture; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Security Consultant – Architect for Financial Services. Flexible location in the UK with client travel. You will join a high-performing Cybersecurity Practice, tackling complex security challenges across banking, payments, capital markets and insurance.

You’ll design secure technology solutions, reduce cyber risk and embed security across delivery lifecycles. The role offers hybrid working arrangements and opportunities to work with leading financial institutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience in cyber security, security architecture, solution architecture, technology risk, or a related field.
• Experience delivering security requirements and controls within technology transformation or application delivery programmes.
• Experience within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Understanding of core security principles including Zero Trust, defence-in-depth, least privilege, secure-by-design and resilience-by-design.

Responsibilities

• Design secure technology solutions and embed security throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Identify, define and assure security requirements, controls and risk treatments across the project lifecycle.
• Conduct threat modelling using MITRE ATT&CK to identify threats and recommend controls.
• Define monitoring, logging and security assurance requirements to detect failures and incidents.
• Support procurement and third-party risk by developing security requirements and reviewing controls.
• Maintain traceability between threats, risks, requirements, controls, testing and risk decisions.
• Produce security assurance evidence to support risk acceptance and go-live approvals.
• Translate laws, regulations, standards and internal policies into practical delivery requirements.
• Partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to embed security-by-design.

Skills

Cyber security

Security architecture

Solution architecture

Risk management

Communication skills

Presentation skills

AI-enabled tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, IT, CS or Engineering

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Security Consultant – Architect for Financial Services. Flexible location in the UK with client travel. You will join a high-performing Cybersecurity Practice, tackling complex security challenges across banking, payments, capital markets and insurance.

You’ll design secure technology solutions, reduce cyber risk and embed security across delivery lifecycles. The role offers hybrid working arrangements and opportunities to work with leading financial institutions.