Senior Cyber Security Architect - Perm - Investment Banking

Senior Cyber Security Architect - Perm - Investment Banking

Job Type

Permanent

Location

City of London, London

Negotiable

Job Ref

BBBH14

Date Added

March 9th, 2026

Consultant

Heather Thompson

Senior Cyber Security Architect (Permanent)

London (Hybrid)

We're looking for a Senior Cyber Security Architect to join a growing organisation at a pivotal point in its cloud security journey.

Following recent changes, this role is about bringing senior technical leadership, stability, and direction into the cyber team - someone who can define what good looks like, mentor junior specialists, and shape cloud security in a pragmatic, real world way.

This is an AWS focused role, with significant influence over how cloud security is designed, implemented, and matured across the organisation.

What you'll be doing

• Acting as the senior security authority for cloud architecture and engineering, with a strong focus on AWS
• Leading secure cloud onboarding and greenfield build activity, defining standards, patterns, and guardrails
• Influencing architectural decisions and representing cyber security in design and review forums
• Mentoring and guiding junior team members across SOC analysis and vulnerability management
• Providing expert oversight of cyber risk, vulnerability (including vulnerabilities in code), and security analytics
• Supporting incident response, including zero day scenarios, alerting, and SOC robustness
• Working closely with engineering and technology teams to embed secure by design practices
• Producing clear, meaningful security reporting and metrics for leadership

This role balances hands on technical credibility with the ability to guide, influence, and enable - you won't be expected to do all the engineering yourself, but you'll know when and how to step in.

What we're looking for

• Strong, hands on AWS cloud security experience (designing, building, and securing environments)
• Background in security architecture and security engineering
• Deep understanding of cyber risk, vulnerability management, and cloud security best practice
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior security professionals
• Pragmatic mindset - able to balance security, delivery, and business needs

Nice to have

• IAM experience (useful, but not essential)
• Experience in regulated or financial services environments
• Exposure to Azure (future consideration)
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, Security+, GCIH, etc.

Why this role?

• High impact role shaping cloud security direction in a maturing environment
• Genuine autonomy and senior influence
• Opportunity to mentor and grow a developing cyber team
• Engineering heavy cloud work during build phases, with less operational burden
• A role focused on doing security well, not just writing policy
• Technical & team interview (with the cyber team)
• Face to face interview with senior stakeholders
• HR final stage

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.