Senior Security Engineer

HM Land Registry (HMLR) are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the Security Cluster to help protect the critical infrastructure and digital services that support land and property ownership across England and Wales. Permanent role, salary £48,400 - £59,300 (based on interview assessment), 29% employer pension contribution plus full Civil Service benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from Croydon, Plymouth, Gloucester or Swansea.

About the role

This is a specialist role within HMLR's IT Operations Practice, working as part of an established Security function responsible for protecting systems, platforms and services across a varied technology estate.

You will help design, implement and improve technical security controls across cloud, on-premise and legacy environments. The role will involve resolving complex technical issues, managing security risks, improving vulnerability tooling and providing security advice to operational and project teams.

You will work across technologies including Windows, Linux, mainframe, AWS and Azure, while collaborating with infrastructure teams, security colleagues, suppliers and wider stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and improve technical security systems and controls across HMLR's infrastructure.
• Investigate and resolve complex security issues arising from incidents, operational activity and service development.
• Identify and manage technical security risks, vulnerabilities and appropriate mitigations.
• Develop and maintain security monitoring, vulnerability and threat-detection tooling.
• Provide technical guidance, assurance and mentoring to operational teams, projects and colleagues.

Essential skills

• Strong experience designing and implementing technical security systems and controls.
• Advanced knowledge of at least three security technologies, such as SIEM, Defender, Sentinel, EDR/XDR, Active Directory, Nessus, PAM, AWS IAM or Entra.
• Extensive knowledge of security controls across Windows, Linux, mainframe, AWS or Azure environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including threat analysis and security incident response.
• Ability to manage priorities, communicate technical risks clearly and demonstrate leadership through coaching or mentoring.

Desirable criteria

• Experience working across both cloud and on-premise environments.
• Knowledge of identity and access management, privileged access, cryptography or network security.
• Experience using automation, scripting or coding to improve operational security.
• Experience supporting customer-facing digital services within a large or complex organisation.
• Previous experience working within government, a regulated environment or another organisation operating critical services.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £48,400 plus any allowance up to £59,300 HM Land Registry contributes £14,021 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme along with the following:

• Annual leave of 28.5 days' paid holiday during each holiday year plus 8 days public holidays
• A clear progression pathway inc. personalised training and development plans including expensed accreditations with training days set aside
• Over 29% employer pension contribution
• Flexi-time scheme (You decide what working hours work best for you)
• Opportunity to work condensed hours
• Social and sports club
• Access to our employee assistance programme for counselling and support on a wide range of issues
• Interest-free loan for season tickets
• Cycle to work scheme (salary sacrifice).
• HMLR have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development and flexible ways of working.

Additional information

• Locations - Plymouth, Croydon, Gloucester, Swansea
• Expectation is to be working from one of the locations 60% of your time across the month (typically 3 days/week), hours are flexible and condensed hours are an option.
• HMLR are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
• For SC eligibility, you must have resided in the UK for the last 5 years continuously

Why join HMLR?

This is an opportunity to help protect critical national infrastructure and digital services relied upon across England and Wales. You will work at significant scale, strengthening the security and resilience of a complex technology estate that supports millions of property transactions and users.

You will also have substantial scope to develop your career. The breadth of HMLR's environment will give you exposure to cloud, on-premise, legacy and modern security technologies, alongside opportunities to deepen your expertise, broaden into new areas and learn from experienced specialists across the wider security function.

Apply now or contact Inspire People in complete confidence.