Job Type : Contract
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Job Posted On : 29/09/2025
Job Posted On : 29/09/2025
Job Duration: 6 months
Daily Salary: Negotiable
Title: Lead Security Solution Architect
Location: UK - Sheffield (Hybrid)
Mandatory Skills: Privilege Password Management CyberArk.
Experience: 8-10 Years.
Job Description:
Project Overview
Client is working on a strategic Identity and Access Management programme and is re-
shaping the way Authentication, Federation, Privileged Access Management, Access
Governance, Secrets Management and API Security is done across the bank. Client is
working on uplifting controls and capabilities in privileged access for the Group and
introducing the strategic password vaulting solution that will enable to meet strategic
requirements.
Security Solution Architects manage end-to-end solution design and are responsible for
delivering architecture design documents in line with functional and non-functional business
requirements, strategies, principles, standards, and patterns. Alongside the creation of high-
level designs, Security Solution Architects will be required to record key decisions, design
deviations, and technical risks and issues where appropriate. Security Solution Architects
should be comfortable presenting and sharing solutions at design authorities and senior
leadership & stakeholders.
The Lead Security Solution Architect will provide technical thought leadership and direction
to their project team and may represent the project / programme as subject matter expert.
Principal Preferred Requirements:
Cybersecurity Expertise:
Significant experience and proven technical depth within one of the following domains of
cybersecurity; security operations & incident response, threat & vulnerability management,
identity & access management, cryptography, infrastructure, network, application, data,
cloud.
Broad background across information technology with the ability to communicate clearly
with non-security technical SMEs at a comfortable level.
Experience working with PAM solutions such as CyberArk, Centrify, Delinea and
OneIdentity.
Preparing end-to-end configuration of the strategic PAM capability – including on-prem
deployments as well as Cloud native toolings.
Qualifications & Certifications:
CISSP/CISM certification or other broad cybersecurity industry-recognised certificate
SABSA or TOGAF certified preferred.
Architecture & Design:
Produce, manage, and update end-to-end solution designs in line with reference architecture
& business requirements (including High and Low Level Designs
Articulate and publish key design decision records and options to ensure all solutions follow
a logical, transparent decision-making process.
Articulate, publish, and ensure approval of any design deviations resulting in technical debt.
Ensure any technical risks or issues arising from a solution design are recorded and mitigated.
Produces, manages and translates the requirements into the architecture for that solution,
ensuring technology and services meet the customer needs and expected business outcomes.
Ensures the design of the solutions are efficient, timely and cost effective throughout the
project lifecycle.
Promote strong documentation and clerkship.
Governance:
Ensures all high-level designs, architecture patterns, decision records, deviation requests, and
technical risks or issue records undergo architectural and project governance processes.
Ensure all architecture artefacts undergo appropriate peer review prior to design authority
presentation.
Present publications at technical design authorities for input, feedback, and approval.
Risk and Dependency Management:
Effectively manages and escalates both technical and project risks or issues
Articulates solutions and remediation steps to technical risks & issues
Provides technical thought leadership to the Design Team and the Project
Ability to manage a project team of technical architects, engineers, and/or analysts.
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