Senior Security Engineer
Location: London / Hybrid
Salary: £70,000
About the Role
A leading organisation undergoing an exciting digital transformation programme is looking to appoint a Senior Security Engineer to join its Cyber Security function.
This is a key role providing cyber security expertise across strategic and non-strategic change initiatives, helping to protect critical systems, data, and customers from evolving cyber security threats.
Working closely with delivery teams, technology functions, and business stakeholders, you will play a central role in embedding security best practices across projects, supporting modernisation initiatives, and ensuring secure delivery of new and existing technology services.
This opportunity is ideal for a security professional with a strong engineering background who enjoys working across multiple areas of cyber security, delivering change, and helping shape secure technology environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation, configuration, and commissioning of security infrastructure, tooling, and controls across cyber-led initiatives
- Provide subject matter expertise across key cyber security domains including:
- Security Architecture
- Application Security
- Cloud Security
- Cryptography
- Support delivery teams by embedding security controls and assurance throughout projects
- Work with internal teams, suppliers, and external partners to ensure security requirements are delivered effectively
- Coordinate third-party security resources and ensure projects are appropriately supported
- Plan and manage penetration testing activities, oversee remediation work, and communicate risks ahead of go-live
- Contribute to the development of security architecture, secure development practices, and application security standards
- Support Cyber Operations teams during major incidents, disaster recovery, and business continuity scenarios
- Work closely with development teams to ensure applications are delivered following security best practice
- Support the wider Cyber Security leadership team with strategic security initiatives
Skills & Experience Required
- Proven experience working as a Senior Security Engineer or similar role within a medium or large organisation
- Strong cyber security engineering background, ideally within a regulated environment such as Financial Services, Insurance, or another highly governed industry
- Experience delivering both large-scale and smaller security transformation projects
- Strong practical knowledge of traditional security technologies alongside modern security tooling
- Experience across multiple security domains including infrastructure, application, cloud, and risk management
- Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CSSP, or equivalent
- Hands-on experience with:
- SAST (Static Application Security Testing)
- DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing)
- SCA (Software Composition Analysis)
- Experience integrating security tooling into development pipelines and SDLC processes
- Strong experience consulting on projects, defining security requirements, and reducing operational risk
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to join a major digital transformation programme
- Work on impactful cyber security initiatives across a complex technology environment
- Exposure to modern security tooling, architecture, and engineering practices
- Collaboration with experienced technology and security professionals
- Opportunity to influence security strategy, standards, and future ways of working
- Long-term career development within a growing security function
If you are a Senior Security Engineer looking for an opportunity to combine technical expertise, transformation delivery, and strategic influence, we would love to hear from you.
Please send your updated CV for consideration.