Security Technical Lead/ Application Security Architect

We're Hiring: Security Technical Lead - Application & Cloud Security Architect

Location: Sheffield, UK

Work Model: Hybrid ( 3 days in the office)

Contract: 5 months (Jan 2027 - May 2027)

My client, a leading global financial institution, is seeking a Security Technical Lead / Application & Cloud Security Architect to partner with core Global Finance & Technology (GFT) domains (Risk, Finance, Treasury, Corporate Functions). Ideal for senior architects with deep expertise in cloud security, risk management, and application security in regulated banking environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the senior cybersecurity partner for GFT domains, advising leadership and delivery teams on material cyber risks, control expectations, and risk-based trade-offs.
• Own and drive the domain risk register, ensuring risks are clearly articulated (cause-event-impact) with timebound remediation plans.
• Embed proportionate security-by-design across change delivery, solution designs, and acceptance criteria.
• Strengthen in-service security posture across identity & access risk (including PAM), threat & vulnerability management, logging/monitoring, and configuration weaknesses.
• Oversee supplier and SaaS cyber risk for onboarding and renewals, driving mitigations for access, data protection, and resilience.
• Lead control governance...