Senior Cyber Architect

Primary Details

Time Type: Full timeWorker Type: EmployeeThe Senior Security Architect role exists to strengthen and extend the capacity of the Cyber Security Strategy & Architecture team in response to increasing global demand across cyber initiatives, particularly in security operations, threat management, and emerging areas such as AI and data.The role ensures architectural guidance is available at the pace of business and security demand, reducing delays and enabling more consistent and scalable security outcomes across a federated global environment.

Senior Cyber Architect

• London
• Permanent, full time (hybrid)

The opportunity

This is an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Cyber Architect to join our London based Cyber Security Strategy & Architecture team, focusing on emerging technologies.

About QBE

At QBE, we get to the heart of what matters for our customers.And we do it all with a human touch.

We’rean international insurer with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries – which meanswe’rebig enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.It’san exciting time.We’rebuilding momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world?Aspart of the QBE team,you’llget to spend every day working with people who are passionate,talentedand kind.

Your new role

As a Senior Security Architect you will strengthen and extend the capacity of the Cyber Security Strategy & Architecture team in response to increasing global demand across cyber initiatives, particularly in security operations, threat management, and emerging areas such as AI and data.The role ensures architectural guidance is available at the pace of business and security demand, reducing delays and enabling more consistent and scalable security outcomes across a federated global environment.

Security Operations & Threat Management (Primary Focus)

• Provide architectural guidance to security operations and threat management teams
• Support interpretation of complex security events and systemic risk patterns
• Contribute to improving detection, response, and resilience through architectural design input
• Help translate operational security insights into long-term architectural improvements

Security Testing & Findings Remediation

• Analyse findings from security assurance activities
• Identify root causes behind security issues, not just surface-level remediation actions
• Work with engineering and operations teams to design systemic fixes that prevent recurrence
• Support prioritisation of remediation based on architectural risk impact

Security Architecture (Broad Domain Coverage)

• Contribute to enterprise security architecture across:
• Application security
• Cloud security
• Data security
• Identity & access management
• Secure-by-design principles
• Emerging technology security (including AI)
• Ensure alignment with global security architecture standards in a federated operating model

Architecture Governance & Design Support

• Participate in design reviews and threat modelling activities where required
• Provide pragmatic, principles-based architectural guidance to delivery teams
• Support embedding of secure-by-design principles into solution architecture decisions
• Act as a trusted advisor across engineering and security functions

Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this role.QBE may consider sponsorship at its discretion.

About You

• Significant experience in cybersecurity architecture or senior security engineering roles
• Strong experience in security operations or threat management environments
• Proven experience working with security testing outcomes (red team, purple team, penetration testing)
• Experience in financial services or insurance industry strongly preferred
• Experience operating in global, federated environments across multiple time zones
• Exposure to cloud, application, identity, and data security domains

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances.As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!

• 30 days holiday a yearwith theoptionto buy up to 2additionaldays.
• Flexible working-balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
• Pension –you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
• Private medical insurance– we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
• Family friendly policies– we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
• Short term remote work abroad-you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
• Sustainable investing- we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions incarbonfootprint, by investing more ingreen businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
• Cycle-to-Work– benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.

Awards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• General Insurer of the Year 2026 at the British Insurance Awards
• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2025: Winner: Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year, Winner: Reinsurer of the Year - QBE Re, Winner: ESG, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year, Winner: Insurance Personality of the Year - Chris Wallace, Executive Director UK insurance
• AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year
• Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer
• UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year
• Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award
• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee

Skills

Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Data Architecture Development, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Enterprise IT Architecture, Financial Systems, Information Technology Strategies, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Process Improvements, Project Delivery, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning

Equal Employment Opportunity

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

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