Senior Solution Architect, Technology Risk in Henley on Thames

As one of the world's leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

Job Description

• We have an outstanding benefits package which includes:

• Company-provided healthcare
• A competitive annual leave allowance
• Flexible working options, including hybrid working arrangements
• Generous pension provisions
• Income protection
• Health and wellness benefits
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life insurance

Your Role:

• Lead the technical assessment, architecture, and continuous enhancement of technology risk controls across hybrid and cloud-native environments. Leverage advanced engineering practices, automation, and analytics to proactively identify, quantify, and mitigate risks, embedding a culture of technical excellence and risk accountability.

What you will be doing:

• Architect and implement robust technology risk controls, and assessments using advanced engineering techniques, chaos engineering, automated fault injection, adversarial simulations across cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-premises platforms.
• Design and operationalize real-time Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) by integrating telemetry from SIEM (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel), CSPM (e.g., Prisma Cloud, Wiz), EDR, and workload protection platforms. Develop analytics pipelines for early risk detection and automated alerting.
• Lead the technical governance of risk remediation, orchestrating automated workflows (e.g., SOAR, IaC-based remediation) to ensure timely, effective, and sustainable outcomes.
• Develop and maintain integrated, actionable risk dashboards and reporting using Power BI, custom APIs, and data engineering best practices.
• Partner with engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams to embed risk controls into CI/CD pipelines, deliver technical training, and drive adoption of secure-by-design principles.
• Build and mentor a community of risk-aware technologists, championing best practices in secure architecture, cloud security, and regulatory compliance automation.
• Ensure all technical activities align with Invesco's Conduct principles and support audit-readiness and regulatory requirements (SOX, DORA, GDPR, EU AI Act).

What you will bring:

• Hands-on experience in technology architecture, engineering, or cybersecurity within complex, regulated enterprises.
• Expertise in designing and implementing controls for hybrid and cloud-native systems (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Deep expertise in risk analytics, SIEM, CSPM, EDR, automation (Python, PowerShell, Terraform), and integration with GRC platforms.
• Deep technical knowledge of enterprise systems, cloud platforms, infrastructure, and application architectures.
• Proven understanding of risk management frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27005, FAIR) and regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, DORA, GDPR) preferred.
• Preferred Certifications: TOGAF Enterprise Architect Practitioner, ArchiMate 3 Practitioner, AWS Solution Architect Associate, ITIL 4 Foundation, Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI Professional, CRISC.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences.

Disability Confident Scheme:

Applicants who opt in to the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the 'minimum criteria' for the role will be offered an interview. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process for all candidates who make an application.

Our commitment to the community and environmental, social and governance investing:

We partner with charitable organisations globally to make an impact in the communities where we live and work. Our people are encouraged to support the charities they feel most passionate about. We are also committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.

Recruitment Agencies:

Invesco has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Invesco will not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters.