Cyber Security Architect/Engineer

Security Architect/Engineer | Up to £85,000 + £7,300 car allowance + up to 25% bonus + Generous Perks | East Midlands, Hybrid (2 Days a week onsite) - Our client can't offer visa sponsorship for this role, so you'll need the existing right to work in the UK

About the role: Our client our client is a large, well-established UK manufacturing business with a strong, delivery-focused culture. People at every level roll their sleeves up, directors included. They have a growing security function inside a sizeable in-house IT organisation. This new role is part of a push to strengthen security across the business.

What you'll be doing: As a Security Architect/Engineer

• Reviewing current systems to find gaps and vulnerabilities, then designing and building fixes
• Designing security solutions from scratch and managing them through their full lifecycle
• Providing hands-on security input on major business change and integration projects
• Building relationships across the business and learning what each area needs from security
• Making the case for security investment to technical and non-technical stakeholders, execs included
• Supporting the business during business-critical periods and priority incidents

What they're looking for: From the Security Architect / Engineer

• A hands-on security engineering background plus real, proven security architecture experience
• Strong endpoint security and Linux skills - Working knowledge of ISO 27001 and NIST
• Exposure to AI, whether securing it or using it in security
• Confidence to hold a room and sell security to the business, with sound, practical judgement
• Pragmatism and resilience in a fast-paced operational setting where security competes with other priorities

Qualifications

• Experience counts for more than certificates, but CISSP or equivalent is a strong plus
• A background in manufacturing, logistics or a similar operational setting is desirable

Why join?

• A new role with real scope to shape the security architecture, not just maintain it
• High visibility, with direct access to senior and technically minded leadership
• A real focus on work-life balance

If you have the hands-on engineering and architecture experience this Security Architect/Engineer role needs, apply now.