Cyber Security Engineer - London

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Strong experience delivering Secure by Design outcomes within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience reviewing solution architectures and identifying pragmatic security controls.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft security technologies.
• Exposure to cloud, infrastructure, applications and integration security.
• Experience supporting or administering security tooling and platforms.
• Ability to operate independently and quickly add value in a fast-paced environment.
• Security Architecture or Engineering background.
• IAM technologies such as One Identity, Delinea or StrongDM.
• Experience within regulated, utilities, energy or critical infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities:

• Embed security into projects and programmes from day one.
• Conduct security design reviews and lightweight threat modelling.
• Drive security assurance throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Enhance configuration, adoption and effectiveness of security platforms.
• Support onboarding and implementation of new security tooling.
• Act as a key liaison between Security, Architecture, Engineering and Delivery teams.
• Develop practical standards, templates and guidance to improve secure-by-design outcomes.
• Manage platform-related requests, vendor engagement and continuous improvement initiatives.

Technologies:

• Cloud
• IAM
• Support
• Security

More:

We are seeking a hands-on Cyber Security Engineer to embed Secure by Design principles across technology programmes while helping improve and optimise a suite of enterprise security platforms. This is a 6-month contract role inside IR35 with London-based on-site working 1 to 2 days per week. We offer an excellent opportunity for a security professional who enjoys working across architecture, engineering and delivery teams, influencing projects from inception through to deployment while providing practical, pragmatic security guidance. This role gives a delivery-focused security contractor the chance to influence major technology initiatives, improve security engineering practices and help drive a Secure by Design culture across a large and complex organisation.

last updated 36 week of 2026