Senior Principal Architect - Security Architecture & Solution Engineering - Shared Engineering
Core
Lead a team of seven engineers to build, test, and package security solutions across network, data, platform, application, MDR, vulnerability, configuration, and OT domains for a global biopharma estate, ensuring vendor handover readiness.
Role type
Senior Principal Architect - Security Solution Engineering
Builds
Tested and packaged security solutions, vendor handover packages, engineering standards, reusable build components, and solution testing playbooks.
Domain
Biopharmaceuticals / Cybersecurity & OT Security
Required skills
Security engineering leadership, vendor handover management, engineering standards definition, test evidence generation, squad prioritization, hiring and performance management, GxP compliance, AI tool adoption for security, configuration record management.
Preferred skills
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD pipelines, Security certifications (CISSP, SIEM, EDR), Regulated industry experience (GxP), Release management for global security tooling, Building shared security functions from scratch.
Technologies
Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Python, PowerShell, ServiceNow, GenAI, Agentic automation.
Responsibilities
Lead build, test, and packaging across four squads; Own quality of vendor handover packages; Build to architecture specifications and escalate design problems; Own acceptance against architecture and operational readiness criteria; Own engineering standards and reusable components; Arbitrate resource allocation between domain Directors; Lead and develop seven engineers including squad leads; Own hiring, performance management, and succession planning; Manage configuration records for GxP audits; Lead team in using approved AI tools.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic team leadership
