TITLE: Network Security Architect

DEPARTMENT: Corporate IT

REPORTING TO: Director, Corporate IT Technical Services & Support

OFFICE LOCATION: Madrid, Spain

ROLE TYPE: Hybrid, Full-time

IPC is a global fintech company that puts people at the center of innovation. With a strong global footprint, we empower financial institutions and capital markets with advanced cloud-based trading communications and managed connectivity solutions.

Through our portfolio of communications and connectivity solutions, we focus on solving business challenges and adapting to regulatory changes in the fast-paced global financial markets. This enables our clients to maintain consistent market access, a strong competitive advantage, and enhanced operational efficiency.

Join a team that is dedicated to delivering groundbreaking products and making a significant impact on our clients' success. ++www.IPC.com++

Overview of the Team

The Corporate IT team is responsible for the design, operation, security, and continuous evolution of IPC's general technology infrastructure. Operating in a mission-critical, highly available environment, the team delivers secure connectivity and enterprise services that support both internal operations and customer-facing platforms. The team collaborates globally across infrastructure, cloud, security, operations, and business stakeholders to ensure resilient and scalable technology foundations. IPC operates in 24x7 environments where reliability, security, compliance, and performance are essential.

Role Overview:

The Network Security Architect is responsible for designing, architecting, implementing, and evolving IPC's global network and security infrastructure.



This role will provide technical leadership across enterprise, data center, cloud, and hybrid networking environments while ensuring high levels of availability, performance, and security.

Working closely with Infrastructure, Security Operations, Cloud Engineering, Project Management, and business stakeholders, the Security Network Architect will drive modernization initiatives, support complex deployments, and establish architecture standards that align with IPC's strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

- Design and implement secure, scalable network architectures that support enterprise, cloud, and data center environments.
- Lead architecture, deployment, and optimization of routing, switching, and security technologies to improve network resilience and operational efficiency.
- Develop network modernization strategies that reduce technical debt and improve service scalability.
- Analyze existing infrastructure and recommend future-state architectures aligned with business growth and security requirements.
- Architect highly available connectivity solutions across multi-homed, global WAN and internet environments.
- Design and support next-generation firewall, intrusion prevention, segmentation, and identity-based security solutions.
- Create and maintain detailed technical documentation, standards, runbooks, diagrams, and architecture blueprints.




- Evaluate emerging networking, cloud, and security technologies and recommend adoption where business value exists.
- Partner with project teams to ensure network and security requirements are incorporated into technology initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership during troubleshooting of complex network incidents and root-cause investigations.
- Support integration of cloud platforms and hybrid connectivity models while maintaining security and performance standards.
- Ensure adherence to information security policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
- Deliver regular architecture reviews, status updates, and technical recommendations to leadership and project teams.

How You Will Make an Impact:

- Improve the reliability and resilience of IPC's global network infrastructure through strategic architecture and design decisions.
- Enhance security posture by implementing modern network security controls and reducing organizational risk.
- Accelerate cloud adoption and digital transformation initiatives through scalable and secure connectivity solutions.
- Increase operational efficiency by standardizing network architecture, documentation, and deployment practices.
- Minimize service disruptions through proactive capacity planning, redundancy design, and technical governance.
- Enable business growth by delivering network platforms capable of supporting future technology and customer requirements.
- Influence long-term infrastructure strategy through technical leadership, innovation, and architecture best practices.

Essential Skills and Experience to be Successful in this Role:

📌 Network Security Architect (Madrid)
🏢 Ipc Systems
📍 Madrid