Overview

A leading financial institution is seeking a Cybersecurity Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of secure AI architecture across enterprise platforms. This is a contract role for someone with deep expertise in cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure, underpinned by direct experience securing AI adoption at scale, and ideally based in the Midlands or Northern England.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of secure AI architecture across enterprise platforms.
• Drive secure integration of AI models, workflows and internal GenAI agents as AI tools are embedded across business operations (e.g., Microsoft 365 Copilot).
• Ensure architecture aligns with regulatory expectations, enterprise policy and operational security standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in cybersecurity architecture within large financial services environments.
• Hands-on experience securing AI systems, GenAI platforms or enterprise AI tools.
• Strong understanding of cloud and infrastructure security across AWS, Azure and hybrid models.
• Expertise in observability, logging, vulnerability scanning, posture management and access control.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as the EU AI Act or internal enterprise governance standards.
• Ability to work across strategy and delivery, influencing architecture and compliance.

What’s on offer

• Contract role supporting high priority AI adoption.
• Mostly remote with occasional site meetings.
• Influence over enterprise AI security architecture in a regulated financial setting.

Location

Remote - UK Based (ideally Midlands or Northern England).

Employment type

Contract

Seniority level

Not Applicable