Global Security Engineering Director

Alvarez & Marsal; City Of London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal seeks a Director of Security Engineering to lead the global SecEng function within the Global Security Office. You will set strategic direction, build capability roadmaps, and govern operating models across enterprise security engineering.

You will collaborate with CIOs, developers, and vendors to embed secure-by-design practices, manage security controls, and drive threat readiness. This is a high-impact role with global scope based in London.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership of a global SecEng team and domain expertise in security engineering.
• Lead design, build, and operation of security capabilities across the enterprise.
• Translate security strategy and risk appetite into scalable, automated controls.
• Partner with wider technology teams, corporate leaders, and C-suite stakeholders to embed security into technology rollouts.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise security architecture and reference designs.
• Lead secure design reviews for new platforms, SaaS, and AI/automation tooling.
• Own the security engineering roadmap, aligned to GSO strategy and priorities.
• Oversee the engineering lifecycle of core security controls, including identity, endpoint, network, email, cloud, data protection and vulnerability management.
• Embed security in the software delivery lifecycle (DevSecOps) in collaboration with development teams.

Skills

Security leadership

Security architecture

DevSecOps

Cloud security

Vendor management

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Entra

Firepower

Cisco security

SABSA

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal seeks a Director of Security Engineering to lead the global SecEng function within the Global Security Office. You will set strategic direction, build capability roadmaps, and govern operating models across enterprise security engineering.

You will collaborate with CIOs, developers, and vendors to embed secure-by-design practices, manage security controls, and drive threat readiness. This is a high-impact role with global scope based in London.