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Job Title: Security Architect
Location: London (Hybrid)
Contract: £750 per day | Outside IR35
Industry: Insurance
Company & Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced Security Architect to join a major insurance organisation in London. This is a critical role supporting a high-profile enterprise security transformation within a complex insurance environment.
Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years' experience working within a Tier 1 insurance company, such as Lloyd's syndicates, global reinsurers, or large commercial insurance groups. This experience is essential for understanding the nuances of insurance sector architecture, regulatory expectations, and security-by-design across underwriting, claims, policy administration, and actuarial systems.
Reporting into the Head of Architecture, and working closely with the Head of IT Risk and Cybersecurity, you will be instrumental in shaping secure technology solutions aligned with evolving threat landscapes and business priorities within the insurance sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and maintain an enterprise security architecture strategy tailored for insurance-specific systems and data flows.
- Work with IT delivery and change teams to ensure all business and IT solutions are designed with robust security controls embedded from the outset.
- Apply industry-leading practices to protect sensitive insurance data including underwriting models, client PII, reinsurance structures, and financial transaction systems.
- Drive architectural governance to ensure security policies, standards, and patterns are followed across digital, cloud, legacy, and third-party platforms.
- Provide security architectural input into major insurance transformation programmes (e.g. policy administration, claims digitisation, cloud migration).
- Act as a thought leader across cybersecurity and enterprise architecture forums, ensuring alignment with both technology roadmaps and risk appetite.
- Collaborate with the Technology Risk team to assess and mitigate emerging risks impacting insurance-specific operations and regulatory compliance (e.g. FCA, PRA, Lloyd’s Minimum Standards).
Required Experience & Skills:
- Minimum 5 years of experience working within a leading insurance company in a security architecture or equivalent senior cybersecurity role.
- Demonstrable experience designing secure architectures for complex insurance platforms across applications, infrastructure, cloud, and third parties.
- Strong grasp of insurance data models, digital workflows, and sector-specific regulatory requirements.
- Excellent knowledge of security frameworks and methodologies (e.g. NIST, ISO 27001, OWASP).
- Proficiency in security-by-design, cloud security (Azure/AWS), zero trust, and secure API design.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex technical matters to senior business and IT stakeholders.
- Relevant certifications highly desirable: CISSP, CISM, TOGAF, SABSA or similar.
Key Attributes:
- Collaborative and pragmatic, with the ability to balance risk, delivery, and architectural integrity.
- Able to work independently while engaging across matrixed functions and teams.
- Adept at managing ambiguity in large, complex, regulated organisations.
- Focused on delivering security value that directly supports the insurance business’s strategic goals.
Contract Details:
- Daily Rate: £750
- IR35 Status: Outside IR35
- Location: London-based (Hybrid working)
- Duration: Initial 6 months with high likelihood of extension
