Senior Software Engineer – Cyber Security Configuration Assurance

Title

Senior Software Engineer – Cyber Security Configuration Assurance

Salary

£63,152 – £78,940 per annum

Location

Leeds, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh

Hours

Full‑time – 35 hours per week

Work Pattern

Hybrid – at least two days per week at an office site; flexible arrangements for disabilities.

What you’ll be doing

• Build and scale secure, automated solutions across the organisation.
• Integrate security baselines into engineering workflows and embed Security Relevant Configuration controls into code, pipelines and tooling.
• Develop and enhance services that reduce manual effort, improve consistency and increase security coverage for infrastructure and software.
• Contribute to enterprise‑scale automation, including CI/CD integration, tooling and data‑driven reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Assure security configurations in static build artefacts and CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive greater automation, consistency and reuse of security artefacts.
• Embed security earlier into the engineering lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering and DevOps practices, preferably at enterprise scale.
• Proficiency with scripting and programming languages (e.g. Python, JavaScript, PowerShell) and automation tooling.
• Hands‑on technical experience and ability to write, fix and improve code.
• Broad understanding of cyber security domains, including cloud security (Azure and/or GCP).
• Outcome‑focused approach with attention to detail and end‑to‑end delivery.
• Strong understanding of secure‑by‑design principles across the development lifecycle.
• Passion for automating repetitive tasks and improving engineering efficiency.
• Clear understanding of containerisation technologies and associated tooling (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and repository‑based workflows (e.g. GitHub).

Nice‑to‑have Experience

• Exposure to vulnerability scanning, configuration assurance or security tooling.
• Experience with databases and data‑driven solutions.
• Building automation or workflow solutions (e.g. Power Platform).

Equal Opportunities & Diversity

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We support flexible working patterns and provide reasonable adjustments for colleagues with disabilities. We also value diversity and inclusion and support initiatives that promote fairness and equality for all employees.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• Annual bonus award, subject to group performance
• Share schemes, including free shares
• Benefits that fit your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Well‑being initiatives and generous parental leave policies

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