Senior Cybersecurity Architect for Agentic Engineering

Liberty IT; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty IT is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect for Agentic Engineering to define security architectures for AI agents and agent-enabled software. You will translate security principles into practical engineering patterns and collaborate across Cybersecurity, Architecture and Engineering to drive adoption and measurable security outcomes.

You will assess risks across design, development, deployment and runtime, influence stakeholders to adopt secure approaches, and lead the creation of

Qualifications

• Proven experience defining and applying security architectures across SDLC and runtime.
• Ability to influence stakeholders to adopt secure approaches.
• Experience in enterprise-scale, cloud-native architectures.
• Senior technical leadership in multi-team environments.

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 tools, identities and data access.
• Translate security principles into practical engineering patterns, reference architectures and guidance.
• Influence stakeholders to adopt secure approaches for Agentic Engineering.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate security controls into agentic workflows.
• Identify adoption barriers and work with stakeholders to address them.
• Establish implementation plans and monitor progress and lessons learned.
• Evaluate emerging threats and technologies and recommend architectural responses.
• Advise on risk, trade-offs and control options to balance risk and usability.
• Collaborate to ensure security approaches align with enterprise architecture and policies.
• Coach cybersecurity and engineering practitioners to build secure Agentic Engineering capability.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Agentic Engineering security

Security controls and guardrails

Cloud-native architecture

Senior technical leadership

Product-minded security

Education

Relevant degree in cybersecurity or computer science

Professional qualifications in cybersecurity

Job description

Liberty IT is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect for Agentic Engineering to define security architectures for AI agents and agent-enabled software. You will translate security principles into practical engineering patterns and collaborate across Cybersecurity, Architecture and Engineering to drive adoption and measurable security outcomes.

You will assess risks across design, development, deployment and runtime, influence stakeholders to adopt secure approaches, and lead the creation of