Security Architect

We’re Atom bank

The bank that’s leading the fintech charge!

We’re not like the rest. We’re true innovators, and we’re redefining what a bank should be. Ours is a bank for today and the future, a mobile-first bank. Forget the stuffy branches, with Atom you can bank whenever, wherever, faster, and simpler.

Could you be the next innovator to join us?

What will your ‘typical’ day look like? Different that’s for sure…:

The Security Architect at Atom Bank is a critical leadership role responsible for driving the evolution of the bank’s security architecture. This role acts as the primary security subject matter expert, partnering with technology and product teams to design, build, and govern highly secure, resilient, and compliant solutions that protect customers and accelerate Atom’s safe adoption of new services and technologies.

The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who embeds a culture of security by design across the estate, balancing speed and innovation with the stringent requirements of a financial services regulator.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the design of solutions for new products and features, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and secure.
• Develop and maintain aspirational architectural roadmaps and current/future state architectures that clearly link product strategy to Tech strategy.
• Actively cultivate relationships with product and delivery leadership and gain Value Stream commitment for initiatives.
• Foster a culture of continuous conversational governance by engaging in ongoing conversations with teams, coaching them, communicating strategy and standards, providing guidance on designs, and capturing architectural decisions.
• Contribute to the development of the Architecture capability and maintain knowledge of industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Engage in the bank’s governance and change frameworks.
• Identify and mitigate architectural risks to improve system resilience and reduce long-term technology debt.
• Inspire and motivate others to deliver excellent technical solutions and outcomes.

What do we need from you?

• Proven design, implementation, or consulting experience within a security context.
• Security Domain Expertise: Proven practitioner experience in one or more of the following:
• Cloud Security
• Application Security
• Data Security
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Network Security
• Modern Architecture: Understanding of securing modern architectural patterns such as microservices, event-driven architecture, and serverless computing.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, including embedding security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Security Principles: Knowledge of security principles like Zero Trust, secure-by-design, and defence-in-depth.
• Problem Solving: Shows a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem-solving.
• Governance: Experience constructively navigating and contributing to technology governance processes.
• Understanding of architectural and security best practice, frameworks, and standards.
• Self-managing, proactive, and a strong communicator.
• Professional security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CCSP.
• Experience with cybersecurity frameworks, e.g., NIST and ISO/IEC 27001.
• Inspire and motivate others to deliver excellent technical solutions and outcomes.

What you’ll get from us?

• Flexible Hybrid
• 4-day work week
• Incredibly generous company pension scheme (maximum of 13% of Atom input – you can put in more)
• ‘All About Me’ fund: £200 per year to spend on personal development.
• 22.5 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan & Life Insurance
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Electric Vehicle Scheme

PLEASE NOTE: You must have the legal right to work in the UK to apply for this role as Atom is unable to support Visa Applications/Sponsorship

Atom is an equal opportunities employer. We value you as an individual and therefore disregard race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, age, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership and disability in any hiring decisions we make. Atom will always adhere to the Equality Act 2010.

All roles within Atom must adhere to the Conduct Rules as set out by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

As part of Atom bank’s commitment to the FCA’s Consumer Duty, Atom will, take all reasonable steps to avoid causing foreseeable harm to customers, take all reasonable steps to enable customers to pursue their financial objectives and act in good faith.