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Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Strong experience as a Solution Architect in security, identity, network, or infrastructure programmes.Good understanding of Privileged Access Management concepts, including privileged accounts, session management, credential vaulting, least privilege, access approval workflows, and audit logging.Good understanding of Privileged Access Workstation concepts, including hardened workstations, admin tiers, secure access models, and separation of privileged and standard user activities.Experience working in complex enterprise or telecom environments.Strong understanding of network environments, operational support models, and security governance.Ability to convert complex security and operational requirements into practical solution designs.Experience working with senior stakeholders, architecture review boards, cyber security teams, and operations teams.Ability to take ownership, drive decisions, and remove ambiguity.Desirable: Experience with PAM tools such as CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea, or similar.Desirable: Experience with Microsoft security technologies, Active Directory, Entra ID, conditional access, device hardening, or endpoint management.Desirable: Experience in Solution Architecture, separation, migration, divestment, or integration programmes.Desirable: Knowledge of telecom network operations and privileged access controls. Responsibilities: Own the end-to-end PAM / PAW solution architecture for the assigned workstream.Define the target-state architecture, including integration with identity platforms, network systems, access controls, monitoring, and operational tooling.Assess current-state privileged access processes and identify gaps, risks, and required changes.Translate business, security, operational, and compliance requirements into a practical solution architecture.Work closely with security, network, infrastructure, operations, and application teams to ensure architectural alignment.Define architecture principles, design patterns, security controls, and implementation guardrails.Support decision-making around PAM tooling, PAW standards, access models, and integration approaches.Ensure the solution supports audit, regulatory, and governance requirements.Identify architectural risks, dependencies, and constraints, and propose mitigation options.Provide technical leadership to designers, engineers, PMs, BAs, and delivery teams.Produce and maintain key architecture artefacts, including high-level designs, architecture diagrams, options papers, and decision records.Present solution options, recommendations, and risks to senior stakeholders and governance boards.Ensure the solution is fit for transition into BAU operations. Technologies: Active DirectoryArchitectSupportNetworkSecurityARM More:
We are a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy recruiting for a Solution Architect - PAM/PAW contract role in the telecommunications industry. This is an initial 6-month hybrid position based in London, with two days per week on site, working inside IR35. We support technical contingency recruitment and more complex resource solutions across a wide range of industries, and we focus on matching experienced professionals to challenging enterprise programmes.
last updated 29 week of 2026