Cyber Solution Architect (Digital Platforms & Trading Systems)

8-Month contract – Inside IR35 – market rate

London based – hybrid working – 3 days a week onsite

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on, highly technical Cyber Solution Architect to design and deliver secure solutions across our digital platform ecosystem, with a strong focus on Base Metals Order Execution Management Systems (OEMS). This role requires deep technical expertise, practical implementation capability, and the ability to embed security into complex, low-latency trading environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable cyber solutions for digital platforms, including OEMS and associated trading infrastructure.
• Act as a hands-on architect, contributing directly to solution design, engineering decisions, and security implementation.
• Develop and maintain security architecture patterns, reference models, and solution blueprints.
• Lead security design for Base Metals OEMS platforms, ensuring alignment with performance, resilience, and regulatory requirements.
• Perform threat modelling, security risk assessments, and architecture reviews.
• Integrate security into DevOps pipelines, promoting DevSecOps best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure security is embedded by design.
• Provide technical oversight on identity and access management (IAM), encryption, API security, and network security.
• Evaluate and implement security tooling (e.g., SIEM, EDR, DLP, WAF) within platform environments.
• Support incident response activities and provide expert guidance on security incidents affecting trading systems.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a Cyber Solution Architect role with strong hands-on delivery capability.
• Deep technical knowledge across application, infrastructure, network, and cloud security domains.
• Demonstrated experience securing digital platforms in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of Order Execution Management Systems (OEMS), ideally within Base Metals or commodities trading.
• Experience in commodities or financial trading environments (particularly Base Metals).
• Understanding of regulatory requirements relevant to trading systems.
• Knowledge of trading workflows, low-latency systems, and associated cyber risks.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native security architecture.
• Strong familiarity with security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, CIS).
• Experience implementing security controls including IAM, encryption, endpoint protection, and monitoring solutions.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash).

Desirable Skills

• Experience with high-frequency or algorithmic trading security.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust architecture and modern identity frameworks.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or TOGAF.