Cyber Security Product Architect, Financial Conduct Authority
£72.1-128.8k
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Financial regulation service
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Financial regulation service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£72.1-128.8k
Salary dependent on location
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable a fair and thriving financial services market for the good of consumers and the economy.
Role
Who you are
- Significant experience as an architect working in cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity, with experience of creating strategies, roadmaps and architectural delivery plans, enabling innovation for the relevant products, platforms, systems or components, on large projects
- Significant experience working with formal architectural methodologies and frameworks
- Significant experience of technologies in Threat Detection & Response and Attack Surface Management
- SABSA or TOGAF certified
- Understanding of Zero Trust strategy
- Detailed design skills
- Familiarity with, or ability to quickly grasp, the business drivers of the organisation as well as its primary processes
What the job involves
- Shaping the relevant product roadmaps by defining scope, prioritisation and delivery timeframes for capability, including integration and specification of the product solution design and addressing technical debt, creating clear direction and supporting strategic, maintainable product delivery
- Producing technology and service architecture solutions aligned with enterprise product strategies and progressing them through the appropriate Design Authorities, incorporating capacity management, ITSCM, data governance, security and software licensing requirements to ensure robust, compliant and sustainable services
- Reviewing and quality assuring artefacts from external suppliers and internal teams to meet business and non‑functional requirements while maintaining up‑to‑date documentation and wikis, safeguarding quality and alignment with organisational vision
- Identifying opportunities for product innovation by shaping design proposals that deliver quick wins and business benefit within the boundaries of the product roadmap, promoting continuous improvement and value
- Supporting integration and functional testing to meet business acceptance and readiness criteria, addressing capacity, licensing and security risks and ensuring service design aligns with organisational risk appetite, enhancing readiness and robustness
- Engaging with communities of practice to offer guidance, coaching, and mentorship that enhances business, technical, and product architecture proficiency and encourages a united architecture community
Application process
- Advert Closing: 31/03/26 (midnight)
- CV Review/Shortlist: 01/04/26
- Interviews W/C: 06/04/26
- Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time
- SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting
Our take
Developed on the back of the Financial Services Act of 2012, the Financial Conduct Authority is a regulatory body that acts as a regulator for financial firms, ensuring the integrity of the financial markets in the UK. Broadly focused on financial companies that provide consumer services, it’s governed by the Bank of England and therefore acts independently of the government.
The FCA is responsible for regulatory innovations, such as stronger customer authentication requirements, including biometric and code requirements for payments, that have clamped down on fraud and improved security for national consumers. The FCA also introduced the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision in 2017.
The organisation’s independence from government ensures its impartiality as a regulator. In the late 2010s, it set up the cryptoasset registration, a department responsible for ensuring the legality of crypto payments. This has become an important aspect of national counter terrorism measures, and exemplifies the complex and vital work that the organisation carries out.
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Company benefits
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
- Private healthcare with Bupa
- A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%
- Life assurance
- Income protection
Company HQ
Stratford Cross, London, UK
Leadership
Nikhil Rathi
(CEO)Previously the Private Secretary to UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was the Chief of Staff and Director of International Development at the London Stock Exchange. Studied at St Anne's College Oxford.
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