Solutions Architect - Security

SBF Skipton Business Finance Ltd; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days leave

Pension contribution

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing app

Volunteer opportunities

Cycle-to-work

Product discounts

Job summary

Skipton Building Society is seeking a Solutions Architect with a security focus to design secure, end-to-end technology solutions across a complex landscape. You’ll influence decisions, govern architecture, and embed security-by-design as we modernise platforms.

You’ll work in a hybrid model, typically spending three days in the Skipton office and two days from home, collaborating with product owners, delivery leads, and engineering teams to deliver resilient solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong solution architecture expertise with experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions.
• Security-minded approach, embedding security principles throughout solution design and delivery.
• Knowledge of security controls across identity, data, cloud and modern technology environments.
• Experience designing resilient, scalable architectures that balance risk, usability and delivery outcomes.
• Familiarity with modern architecture patterns (APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, cloud platforms) Azure experienced preferred
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across business, technology, engineering and risk stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to explain complex concepts and support decision-making at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end technology solutions aligned to enterprise architecture, strategy, and target-state capabilities
• Partner with product owners, delivery leads, and engineering teams to turn complex requirements into clear, actionable designs
• Guide and influence technical decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability
• Provide architectural governance and assurance across the delivery lifecycle
• Identify risks, trade-offs, and opportunities to improve simplicity, reuse, and coherence
• Champion modern architecture approaches, including API-led integration, cloud-native design, and reusable platforms

Skills

Solution architecture

Security-focused

Security controls

Cloud architectures

APIs & microservices

Azure experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

Closing Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026

Help us design secure, modern technology that our members can trust. We’re looking for a Solutions Architect with a passion for security to help shape the future of technology at Skipton. This isn’t a traditional “security gatekeeper” role. You’ll work as a core Solutions Architect first, designing end-to-end solutions across a complex technology landscape—while bringing deeper expertise in security to ensure everything we build is secure, resilient, and trusted by design. You’ll play a key role in helping us modernise our platforms, simplify our architecture, and embed security into how we deliver technology—not bolt it on afterwards. At Skipton, we're founded on fairness. We exist to do right by our members - and we believe that starts with doing right by our people. So whoever you are and whatever you bring, there's a place for you here and a genuine plan for where you go next.

What You’ll Do

• Design end-to-end technology solutions aligned to enterprise architecture, strategy, and target-state capabilities
• Partner with product owners, delivery leads, and engineering teams to turn complex requirements into clear, actionable designs
• Guide and influence technical decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability
• Provide architectural governance and assurance across the delivery lifecycle
• Identify risks, trade-offs, and opportunities to improve simplicity, reuse, and coherence
• Champion modern architecture approaches, including API-led integration, cloud-native design, and reusable platforms

We work in a hybrid way, balancing flexibility with collaboration. For this role, you'll typically spend three days a week in our Skipton office, with the remaining two days working from home.

What You’ll Need

• Strong solution architecture expertise with experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions.
• Security-minded approach, embedding security principles throughout solution design and delivery.
• Knowledge of security controls across identity, data, cloud and modern technology environments.
• Experience designing resilient, scalable architectures that balance risk, usability and delivery outcomes.
• Familiarity with modern architecture patterns (APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, cloud platforms) Azure experienced preferred
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across business, technology, engineering and risk stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to explain complex concepts and support decision-making at all levels.

What’s In It For You

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a max of 30 days
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
• Colleague Mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates
• Flexible working to help balance your commitments
• Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle-to-work scheme, discounted gym memberships
• Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, which can be used at John Lewis, Currys, and IKEA

About Skipton.

Our story began in 1853 in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Today, you’ll find us across England and Scotland, from Aberdeen to Plymouth. We help over a million members put down roots, save for what matters, and feel good about their money. As a mutual, they own us, so everything we do is for them. You’ll feel that same fairness and purpose in how all 2,500 of our colleagues work together, too. It all means that life at Skipton is more exciting than you imagine.

What it’s like to work here Life at Skipton

We talk and we listen to each other. And we make decisions as a team. That way, you get all the support you need to do work that works for everyone.

For most of our roles there's the option of blended working, which means we mix working from home and meeting in person. The right balance depends on your role, and what works best for you, your manager, and your team.

We also value what everyone brings to Skipton. And we create a fair place where you can be yourself. Our colleague networks play a big role in this. They connect people with similar life experiences and make our workplace warm, friendly, inclusive and welcoming. It’s not just our members who are important to us. You are, too.

Lots of organisations talk about wellbeing, but they don’t always back it up. As a mutual, we put people first. And that includes the people who work here. So, when we say we care about your wellbeing, we mean it. Wellbeing isn't just one thing. It’s about feeling good, having energy, and being able to be yourself and perform at your best. That’s why we offer help for your mental and physical health across five key areas. What’s more, it’s help that you can actually use too - not just read about.

Not just another building society. Not just another job. We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members. Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do. Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we’ll help you take the next step towards a better future. Why? It’s just the way we are. We care about sustainability and look to the long‑term for both colleagues and customers. And we know that when we build better futures as individuals, we build better futures as a business.