Principal Security Architect
Role Description & Technical Scope
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Principal Security Architect - Security Architecture applications and documents</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Up to £800 per day (Inside IR35 - Umbrella)</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">London / Hybrid (3 days per week on-site)</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">My client is a global financial services organisation that requires a Principal Security Architect with proven experience in defining, governing, and assuring secure architecture for applications undergoing transformation.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Key</p>
<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">Requirements</h5>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Proven experience conducting security architecture reviews, assurance and governance activities.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Strong understanding of cloud security, particularly Azure, and application migration/transformation programmes.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Experience identifying security risks, recommending remediation, and assessing compliance against security frameworks and enterprise standards.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge and advise architects, engineers, and senior leaders.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Strong knowledge of security frameworks, risk management, and enterprise architecture practices.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Ability to produce clear security assessments, recommendations, and governance reporting.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and managing multiple concurrent reviews.</p>
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 08 Oct 2026
- Location: City of London, London
- Employment: Contract
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Domain: IT
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