Job Title: Cyber Security Product Architect
Division: Data, Technology and Innovation
Department: Technology Resilience
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £72,100 to £117,100 and London from £79,300 to £128,800 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as: Technical Specialist - Regulatory
Your recruitment contact is Benjamin via benjamin.paulon@fca.org.uk. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
About the FCA and team
We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.
The Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital-first, data-led smart regulator by delivering a secure, agile, and cost-effective technology and data ecosystem that drives better decisions, transparency, and operational efficiency.
Sitting within DTI, the Technology Resilience team safeguards the FCA's digital assets, services and suppliers to ensure the organisation remains secure and compliant.
Role responsibilities
Shaping the relevant product roadmaps by defining scope, prioritisation and delivery timeframes for capability, including integration and specification of the product solution design and addressing technical debt, creating clear direction and supporting strategic, maintainable product delivery
Producing technology and service architecture solutions aligned with enterprise product strategies and progressing them through the appropriate Design Authorities, incorporating capacity management, ITSCM, data governance, security and software licensing requirements to ensure robust, compliant and sustainable services
Reviewing and quality assuring artefacts from external suppliers and internal teams to meet business and non‑functional requirements while maintaining up‑to‑date documentation and wikis, safeguarding quality and alignment with organisational vision
Identifying opportunities for product innovation by shaping design proposals that deliver quick wins and business benefit within the boundaries of the product roadmap, promoting continuous improvement and value
Supporting integration and functional testing to meet business acceptance and readiness criteria, addressing capacity, licensing and security risks and ensuring service design aligns with organisational risk appetite, enhancing readiness and robustness
Engaging with communities of practice to offer guidance, coaching, and mentorship that enhances business, technical, and product architecture proficiency and encourages a united architecture community
Skills required
Minimum:
Significant experience as an architect working in cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity, with experience of creating strategies, roadmaps and architectural delivery plans, enabling innovation for the relevant products, platforms, systems or components, on large projects
Significant experience working with formal architectural methodologies and frameworks
Significant experience of technologies in Threat Detection & Response and Attack Surface Management
Essential:
SABSA or TOGAF certified
Understanding of Zero Trust strategy
Detailed design skills
Familiarity with, or ability to quickly grasp, the business drivers of the organisation as well as its primary processes
Benefits
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
35 hours of paid volunteering annually
A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.
Our values & culture
Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.
We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
Disability Confident: our hiring approach
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
Useful information and timeline
Advert Closing: 31/03/26 (midnight)
CV Review/Shortlist: 01/04/26
Interviews W/C: 06/04/26
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting.