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Requirements
Must:
- Strong systems administration or network engineering background.
- Hands-on experience in incident response, vulnerability management, or security operations.
- Clear, articulate communicator able to explain technical risk to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong technical troubleshooting skills across network, endpoint, and cloud.
- Ability to develop clear documentation, runbooks, and consistent security processes.
- Fluency in English (spoken and written).
- Motivated, proactive, and able to operate as the security point-of-contact.
- Exposure to ISO27001, SOC 2, or other security frameworks (desirable).
- Experience in finance or retail environments (not essential).
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain ISO27001 and SOC 2 certification processes.
- Lead evidence collection, control implementation, compliance documentation, and readiness for external audits.
- Maintain and improve runbooks, processes, and policies.
- Strengthen vulnerability management capabilities and ensure clear remediation workflows.
- Monitor and respond to security alerts across endpoints, networks, and cloud workloads.
- Investigate incidents, support containment and recovery, and communicate clearly with engineering teams.
- Tune noisy alerts, improve detection logic, and refine SIEM visibility.
- Maintain and optimise the EDR environment (Sophos).
- Maintain and improve security configurations across AWS, Linux/Windows endpoints, networks, and identity systems.
- Oversee IAM best practices, least privilege, and access governance (joiner/mover/leaver processes).
- Manage firewall configurations (primarily Sophos).
- Assist in hardening infrastructure, patching cycles, and ensuring consistent baseline security.
- Contribute to the architecture of secure infrastructure and cloud systems.
- Provide guidance on secure networks, segmentation, and future identity tooling.
- Collaborate with engineers to ensure security considerations are integrated early in designs.
- Act as a subject-matter authority, offering clear reasoning and well-structured recommendations.
Description
We are seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer based in London, working 3 days per week onsite. This newly created role will take ownership of ISO27001 and SOC 2 certification, ongoing compliance, and overall security posture of our organization. You will closely work with senior leadership and engineering teams, providing your cybersecurity expertise to strengthen our defenses and ensure we are always audit-ready. Our ideal candidate has a strong SysAdmin/Network Engineering foundation and is eager to transition into a cybersecurity-focused career. We offer an annual performance bonus, healthcare, pension, and life assurance as part of our benefits.
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How many Cyber Security Engineer jobs are in the UK?
Currently, there are 3383 Security openings. Check also: IAM jobs, SAML jobs, Cisco jobs, Splunk jobs - all with salary brackets.
Is the UK a good place for Cyber Security Engineers?
The UK is one of the best countries to work as a Cyber Security Engineer. It has a vibrant startup community, growing tech hubs and, most important: lots of interesting jobs for people who work in tech.
Which companies are hiring for Cyber Security Engineer jobs in the UK?
Collect Solutions Ltd, Arctic Shores, SwapTix, HM Land Registry, EG On The Move Ltd, Bestway Group, Companies House among others, are currently hiring for Security roles in the UK.
The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 108 different Cyber Security Engineer jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Cyber Security Engineers.
The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 108 different Cyber Security Engineer jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Cyber Security Engineers.