
Circle Group
Senior Cyber Security Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements:- We need a minimum of 5 years hands-on SOC experience, including threat detection, incident response, and continuous improvement.
- We need solid working knowledge of SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability management platforms.
- We need strong Azure expertise.
- We value comfort using AI tools such as Claude, Copilot, and ChatGPT as part of the day-to-day toolkit.
- We prefer experience in legal or another regulated sector.
- We own the design and rollout of security controls across our infrastructure.
- We detect, investigate, and respond to incidents and vulnerabilities as they arise.
- We run risk assessments, audits, and pen tests, then remediate what they uncover.
- We write and maintain security policies, procedures, and disaster recovery plans that meet regulatory standards.
- We act as the trusted voice on cyber security, briefing stakeholders and leadership.
- We manage external vendor and partner relationships.
- We champion security awareness through training across the business.
- We monitor emerging threats and legal-sector compliance changes.
- AI
- Azure
- ChatGPT
- Copilot
- Security
- Cloud
More:
We are an established international law firm based in Leeds, and we are looking for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to take the lead on our security strategy. This is a hybrid role with three days a week in the office, offering the opportunity to make a genuine impact by protecting client data and critical systems across a leading legal organisation. The role comes with a competitive salary of up to £70K and a benefits package that includes 25 days holiday plus bank holidays rising to 27 after 4 years, a discretionary September bonus, private medical insurance, a cycle to work scheme, life assurance, gym discounts, a 5% pension match, and the option to buy or sell up to 5 days of holiday.
last updated 33 week of 2026
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Circle Group
Leeds
IT
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£70,000
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£75,000
UK median
This salary is 7% below the UK median for Senior roles (£75,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks