Salary: £57,000 - 60,000 per year Requirements: Proven experience in solution architecture or systems engineering within multi-disciplinary product or platform teams. Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks. Solid understanding of secure configuration and deployment practices, including Infrastructure-as-Code. Hands-on experience with Terraform, and familiarity with tools such as Harness and GitHub. Strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its security services. Good understanding of cryptographic principles and experience reviewing or designing cryptographic solutions. Experience collaborating closely with Enterprise, Security, Data, and Infrastructure Architects. Proven experience contributing to architecture governance, risk management, and compliance activities. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical topics clearly to non-technical audiences. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain solution architecture supporting regulatory and compliance monitoring capabilities. Design end-to-end solution architectures that consider technical, regulatory, commercial, and organisational factors. Apply industry best practices, standards, frameworks, and policies to drive value and architectural consistency. Elicit requirements and shape designs or prototypes aligned to target architectures for security and compliance. Act as a subject matter expert, defining guiding principles, architectural standards, and success criteria. Provide architectural oversight to ensure modern, decoupled, and secure solutions are delivered. Support Product Owners and Platform Leads in identifying and assessing software, infrastructure, and security risks. Offer clear architectural options and recommendations, including ever-greening and modernisation strategies. Contribute to architecture governance, risk management, and compliance processes. Technologies: Architect Cloud GCP GitHub Support Security Terraform More: We are a top global organization seeking an experienced Solution Architect to support the architecture of a Cyber & Physical Defence Centre, focusing on regulatory, compliance, and security monitoring. This is a 6-month contract based in Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, or Manchester with a hybrid working model offering a competitive rate of £475 per day (Inside IR35). Our team values deep technical architecture expertise and strong security and cryptographic knowledge to help shape secure, compliant, and future-proof solutions across complex platforms. last updated 8 week of 2026