Lead AI Solutions Architect - Active SC

Project overview

Lead AI Solutions Architect - Active SC

Up to £655 per day - Inside IR35

London/Primarily Remote

4 months initially

We are seeking an SC Cleared Lead AI Solutions Architect to lead the assessment and design of AI capabilities within a Cyber Security Operations Centre (SOC) environment. The role will focus on identifying high-value AI use cases, assessing technical feasibility, defining secure target architectures, and producing a roadmap for AI adoption across cyber operations.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale AI solutions, with expertise in Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Agentic AI architectures.
• Strong understanding of Cyber Security Operations Centres (SOC) and associated technologies including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and security operations platforms.
• Extensive experience defining data architectures, API strategies, and integration patterns to enable AI capabilities within complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrable expertise in cloud and AI platform architecture, with the ability to assess technical feasibility and produce scalable solution designs.
• Strong knowledge of AI security, governance, assurance, and responsible AI principles, including mitigation of risks such as hallucinations, prompt injection, and sensitive data exposure.
• Experience conducting technical discovery, architecture assessments, and options analysis, including Build vs Buy evaluations and implementation planning.
• Ability to design human-in-the-loop controls, governance frameworks, and assurance processes to support the safe adoption of AI technologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior technical and business stakeholders and translate complex concepts into clear recommendations.

Project details

• Start: 2026-10-22 00:00:00
• Location: London, UK, GB
• Rate: 82-82 EUR/h