Overview
This is a full-time permanent role, remote with team meetings once or twice a month in either West Yorkshire or Oxford. Candidates must be UK-based and pass vetting (DBS and credit) due to the regulated business context.
Role
The Senior Security Engineer will provide hands-on technical leadership within the UK, ensuring that cyber security strategy and architecture defined by Group are implemented effectively across UK subsidiaries, aligned with local jurisdictional compliance requirements. This role bridges between Group Security, outsourced partners, and UK subsidiaries (approximately 5 entities), ensuring successful delivery of projects, uplift initiatives, and BAU operational excellence. The position will own UK technical approvals, impact assessments, and project-specific security delivery, acting as the local escalation point for incidents and implementations.
Responsibilities
* Maintenance and Operational Security Control Effectiveness
* Patch & Vulnerability Management
* Configuration Management
* Tool, Infrastructure, and Encryption Management – maintenance and optimisation of VPN, Network & Firewall Security
* Endpoint Security
* DevSecOps & Application Security
* Monitoring, Threat Management & Incident Response
* Governance, Compliance & Continuous Improvement
What you bring
* Ambitious, proactive Security Engineer/Senior Engineer with UK industry experience; preference for Financial Services, Legal, Consulting or similar
* Experience in protecting remote working laptop estates and SaaS/cloud solutions
* Experience in identity and access management solutions
* Experience in device automation and updates
* Experience in security aspects of cloud hosting and defence measures like WAF
Technical Stack (examples)
* Palo Alto
* Cortex
* ERD
* Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN
* Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
* Firewall/Nucleus vulnerability management
* Airlocker application whitelisting
* Trend Micro and Abnormal email security
* OKTA / Entra IDAM
Additional details
* Flexible working hours with occasional early starts or late finishes due to the parent company being abroad
* Based in West Yorkshire or London/Oxfordshire with occasional office visits a few times per month
* Credit and DBS checks will be conducted; UK residency and relevant skills required
Interview process
The interview process will be 3 stages and can be expedited for the right candidates. Initial Teams/Zoom with selected applicants.
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