Solution Architect / Designer
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Develop and maintain comprehensive solution designs aligned with business and technical requirements for quantum-safe initiatives. Document key design decisions, deviations, and technical risks while ensuring outputs meet security, resilience, and cost-effectiveness standards. Lead presentations at design authorities, engage senior stakeholders, and provide technical thought leadership as a subject matter expert in quantum-safe cybersecurity. Manage technical risks with clear remediation plans and ensure all design artefacts undergo governance and peer review. Collaborate with technical SMEs to integrate quantum-safe practices and translate programme objectives into actionable reference architectures.
Required Qualifications
- Senior Solutions or Security Architect background with enterprise-scale solution design expertise
- Strong skills in data, integration, platform architecture, and scalable data-processing pipelines
- Understanding of security, resilience, availability, and disaster recovery patterns
- Ability to translate programme objectives into actionable reference architectures
- Bachelor's or Master's in cybersecurity, computer science, software engineering, or related field
- CISSP, CISM, or equivalent cybersecurity certification
- Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and architecture visualization tools (BizzDesign, Archi, UML)
Desired Qualifications
- Enterprise cybersecurity architecture, including encryption, PKI, cryptographic tooling
- Experience with post-quantum cryptography, quantum-safe migration, and cryptographic agility
- Broad security domain knowledge to support future initiatives
- Deep knowledge in cryptography, data security, identity & access management, privileged access management
- Experience communicating effectively with both security and non-security technical stakeholders
- Background in large-scale IT transformation programmes
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