Anaplan
Senior Security Architect
London, United Kingdom. Posted 4 months ago
The role
You will perform hands-on architecture work by designing secure patterns for the Hyperblock, Polaris, and AI product surfaces. You will design identity and authorization, apply cryptography, and run threat models to ensure secure-by-design implementation.
What you will do
- Produce reference architectures and maintain security patterns
- Contribute to identity and authorization design
- Apply cryptography and key management
- Design AI guardrails including input and output controls
- Run threat models on high-risk systems
- Support external assessments and prepare architecture evidence
- Improve the supply chain and attack surface
- Write and review designs and prototypes
- Mentor engineers and contribute to standards
Required qualifications
- Solid experience in secure software architecture
- Depth in at least two of: cryptography and key management, identity and authorisation, tenant isolation, and threat modelling
- A working understanding of AI and ML security
- Ability to design and review real systems
- Record of influencing engineers without formal authority
- Experience with enterprise-scale SaaS or cloud-first systems
- Clear written and verbal communication
Nice to have
- Experience with Vault, KMS/HSM, or BYOK/HYOK designs
- Experience designing for regulated environments, such as FedRAMP
- Contributions to NIST, ISO, or OWASP, or talks and published research
- An offensive grounding that you use to pressure-test designs
About the company
Anaplan is a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through an AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform. Their customers include global companies such as Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer.