Senior Security Architect

Senior Security Architect
Edinburgh or London
Hybrid
Competitive excellent benefits career progression

FNZ is seeking a Senior Security Architect to join our Architecture Office playing a critical role in protecting the platforms that support investment solutions for more than 20 million people worldwide.

This is a senior highimpact role for an architect who thrives in complex highaccountability environments. Youll operate at the intersection of strategy and delivery shaping secure designs influencing technology decisions and working handson with engineering teams to ensure security architectures stand up in production.

Reporting to the Head of Security Architecture youll bring strong technical credibility sound judgement and the confidence to challenge constructively helping FNZ balance risk resilience and delivery at scale.

What youll be doing:

Youll be responsible for designing and embedding pragmatic proportionate security architectures across FNZs products platforms and enterprise services spanning cloud and onpremise environments.

Your responsibilities will include:

Security Architecture & Design

• Designing scalable practical security architectures that support secure product and platform delivery
• Leading secure design activities including threat modelling and security control selection
• Reviewing new initiatives and designs identifying material risks and enabling sound sustainable decisions
• Driving secure outcomes across areas such as cryptography secrets management infrastructure and platform trust

Engineering Partnership & Delivery

• Partnering closely with engineering product infrastructure identity and architecture teams to embed security early
• Working directly with delivery teams to understand requirements assess tradeoffs and deliver workable solutions
• Translating ambiguous business and technical requirements into clear riskinformed designs

Standards Governance & Influence

• Leading and contributing to security architecture governance forums and design authorities
• Defining and evolving security patterns standards reference architectures and engineering guardrails
• Acting as a senior security voice in crossfunctional forums bringing clarity pace and strong judgement
• Supporting the secure adoption of new and emerging technologies including AI systems where relevant

Continuous Improvement

• Raising security architecture standards across teams and domains
• Contributing to the ongoing improvement of FNZs security architecture practices governance and engagement models

What were looking for:

Youll be an experienced security architect with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and the practical mindset to deliver solutions that work in real-world engineering environments.

Key skills and experience:

• Significant experience in security architecture across enterprise product and platform environments
• Strong experience across public cloud and onpremise estates
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical and nontechnical audiences
• Proven ability to balance security delivery pace cost and operational practicality
• Experience in architecture governance design reviews and decision forums
• Experience developing or operationalising security patterns standards and guardrails
• Deep expertise in one or more of the following areas:
  • Identity Security
  • Product Security
  • Infrastructure Security
  • Securing AI Systems

What youll need to succeed at FNZ:

• Strong judgement and confidence operating in ambiguity
• A deliveryfocused mindset with the ability to turn principles into working solutions
• The confidence to challenge constructively and improve outcomes without slowing delivery
• Technical depth with the judgement to avoid overengineering
• Resilience selfdirection and the ability to manage multiple priorities
• A collaborative approach combined with personal impact and clarity

Why join FNZ

At FNZ were transforming global wealth management through technology innovation and scale.

We offer:

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• The opportunity to work on meaningful highimpact security and architecture challenges
• Influence over real technology decisions across a global organisation
• Global career opportunities across the UK EU US Canada South Africa and APAC
• A collaborative inclusive culture driven by The FNZ Way

Ready to shape secure outcomes at scale in a global FinTech environment

Apply now to join FNZ as a Senior Security Architect.

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About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealths growth platform to help. We provide a global end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with the worlds leading financial institutions with over US$2.4 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.