Senior Cybersecurity Architect for Agentic AI Systems

Liberty Information Technology Limited; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty IT is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect for Agentic Engineering to define and advance security architectures for AI agents and agent-enabled software across the SDLC and runtime. You will collaborate with Cybersecurity, Architecture and Engineering to translate principles into practical patterns and guardrails, driving adoption and secure engineering practices.

The role requires leadership across multiple teams, deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Experience defining and applying security architectures and guardrails for AI agents across SDLC.
• Ability to influence cybersecurity, architecture and engineering stakeholders to adopt secure approaches.
• Knowledge of enterprise-scale cloud-native solutions and modern software/DevOps architectures.
• Extensive leadership at a multi-team or program level in complex environments.
• Experience architecting scalable solutions with business stakeholders using a product mindset.
• Track record of implementing engineering excellence across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and apply cybersecurity architectures, controls and guardrails for AI agents and agent-enabled software development.
• Assess and address security risks across design, development, deployment and runtime.
• Apply security approaches across the software development lifecycle, including development tools, agent integrations, identities and permissions, data access, software supply chain, testing, deployment, monitoring and incident response.
• Translate security principles and requirements into practical, reusable engineering patterns, reference architectures, standards and guidance.
• Influence Cybersecurity, Architecture and Engineering stakeholders to align on and adopt secure approaches for Agentic Engineering.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate security controls into agentic workflows and development platforms in ways that are effective and usable.
• Identify adoption barriers and work with stakeholders to address them.
• Establish or contribute to implementation plans and adoption milestones; monitor progress and communicate outcomes, risks and lessons learned.
• Evaluate emerging threats, technologies and practices relevant to AI agents and agent-enabled software development, and recommend appropriate architectural responses.
• Advise stakeholders on security risks, trade-offs and control options, supporting informed decisions that balance risk, business needs and engineering usability.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to ensure that security approaches are consistent with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity policies and applicable standards.
• Coach and advise cybersecurity and engineering practitioners, and share knowledge to build secure Agentic Engineering capability.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Agentic Engineering

Cloud-native architecture

Senior technical leadership

Complex solution architecture

Engineering excellence

Education

Relevant degree in cybersecurity

Job description

Liberty IT is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect for Agentic Engineering to define and advance security architectures for AI agents and agent-enabled software across the SDLC and runtime. You will collaborate with Cybersecurity, Architecture and Engineering to translate principles into practical patterns and guardrails, driving adoption and secure engineering practices.

The role requires leadership across multiple teams, deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures, and the ability to