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Gazelle Global

Cyber Security Solution Architect – Regulatory & Cryptography

Hybrid

Manchester, United kingdom

Freelance

28-01-2026

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Skills

Communication Leadership Risk Management GitHub Monitoring Architecture Solution Architecture Compliance and Regulatory Google Cloud Platform GCP Terraform

Job Specifications

Role description:

Solution Architect who can combine deep technical thought leadership with strong security knowledge & skills to help drive the underpinning solution architecture of our Cyber & Physical Defence Centre, with a heavy focus on regulatory and compliance monitoring. The candidate should have strong cryptographic knowledge which will be needed to review and design for existing and new cryptographic solutions.

Key responsibilities:

Work with Product Owners, Platform Leads, Enterprise Architects and Engineers to develop and maintain the architecture that underpins our regulatory and compliance monitoring capability
Design, build and drive end-to-end solution designs that are not only technically sound, but also include regulatory, commercial and organisational aspects when appropriate
Use industry best-practise, frameworks, standards and policies to create opportunities and value for our teams and customers
Elicit requirements, shape and validate designs or prototypes that deliver customer outcomes that align to our target architecture for compliance and regulatory monitoring
As a subject matter expert, set guiding principles and solution success criteria and provide oversight in building quality, decoupled and modernised architectures
Support Product Owners and Platform Leads in identifying, articulating and impact assessing software and infrastructure currency risks or issues
Confidently offer options and recommendations on action planning and continuously ever-greening solutions/systems

Key skills/knowledge/experience:

Established systems engineering or solution architecture experience in multi-disciplinary product, feature or platform teams
Knowledge of secure configuration and deployment practises such as Infrastructure-as-Code and tools such as Terraform, Harness and GitHub
Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks
Strong knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its security services
Superb communication skills - especially visually and through “telling the story”, using the data to communicate complex messages in an accessible and compelling way
Be able to distil sophisticated information and present in a succinct and clear format through both written and oral presentation, allowing you to influence collaborators with little or no technical knowledge, guiding their thinking on the art of the possible through technology
Established experience partnering with other collaborators such as Enterprise, Security, Data and Infrastructure architects
Hold proficient experiences leading activities associated with Architectural Governance, Risk Management and Compliance processes.
Previous experience in a Cyber Defence or Security Operations environment is highly desirable

About the Company

Gazelle Global is an international recruitment consultancy established in 2011 through a unique partnership of IT implementation know-how and head hunting expertise with a vision to create a recruitment agency that delivers a best in class service whilst being a thoughtful and conscientious employer. Our London HQ in collaboration with our offices in The Netherlands, Germany and Poland, serve clients and candidates across the UK and Europe. We pride ourselves on speed, transparency and user experience. Agility, at scale. ... Know more