Senior Secure Design Architect & Strategy Lead

London Stock Exchange Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial markets firm is seeking a Principal Security Architect to oversee security design and architecture across technology projects. The role involves developing architecture patterns and standards, leading security evaluations, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in information security and strong skills in threat modeling and problem solving. A collaborative work environment focused on innovation and sustainability is offered.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technical engineering or information security roles, security architecture preferred.
• Proven experience in designing and applying security controls into distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop Security Architecture Design Patterns and Standards.
• Lead the Security Architecture evaluation of risks identified in systems.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Threat modeling

Design pattern development

Documentation writing

Education

7+ years in technical engineering or information security

Experience in enterprise architecture frameworks

Tools

GitLab/Azure DevOps

YAML/Markdown/Terraform

Job description

A leading global financial markets firm is seeking a Principal Security Architect to oversee security design and architecture across technology projects. The role involves developing architecture patterns and standards, leading security evaluations, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in information security and strong skills in threat modeling and problem solving. A collaborative work environment focused on innovation and sustainability is offered.