Security Engineering Lead

Spencer Rose Ltd

Security Engineering Lead

London up to £100K

3 days per week in the office

This household name are undertaking a huge technology transformation in the MS Azure space and are looking to hire a hand’s on Security Engineering Lead as part of this change. They have made an impressive dent in the E-commerce market of the past 10 years and are continuing to dominate this space.

Security Engineering Lead: The Role

As a Security Engineering Lead you will be the first hire into this growing team so your role will involve a mixture of hands-on security engineering including python Scripting as well as hiring and supporting a team.

Some of your duties will include:

• Developing and implementing an overarching security technology strategy aligned with business objectives, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including information security, architecture, platform engineering, network engineering, and software development, to integrate security technologies into organisational systems and applications.
• Ensuring the proper planning, execution, and completion of security technology projects, ensuring that these are delivered on time and on budget
• Performing risk assessments and vulnerability assessments to identify potential security gaps or weaknesses in existing technologies and recommending appropriate remediations.
• Monitoring security technology function and respond to any errors and failures which may occur.

Security Engineering Lead: Your profile

• Proven experience in security technology management, with at least 5 years in a technical leadership or managerial capacity.
• Strong technical background in security technologies, including Firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, access control systems, DLP, encryption, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of security frameworks, standards, and best practices (eg, ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework).
• Demonstrable experience in managing security technology projects, from initiation to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or other relevant certifications.
• Experience working with Microsoft cloud security technologies, especially Sentinel, Defender and Purview
• Python programming knowledge – able to write scripts etc
• REST/Graph API experience
• Azure Kubernetes Service experience