London-Based Secure-by-Design Cyber Security Engineer

GCS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

GCS in London is seeking a hands-on Cyber Security Engineer to embed Secure by Design across technology programmes while helping improve and optimise a suite of enterprise security platforms. This is a 6-month contract role inside IR35 with London-based on-site working 1 to 2 days per week.

We offer an excellent opportunity for a security professional who enjoys working across architecture, engineering and delivery teams, influencing projects from inception through to deployment while providing

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering Secure by Design outcomes in enterprise environments.
• Experience reviewing solution architectures and pragmatic security controls.
• Hands-on with Microsoft security technologies and IAM tooling.
• Exposure to cloud, infrastructure, applications and integration security.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced setting.
• Security Architecture or Engineering background; regulated infrastructure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Embed security into projects from day one and drive secure design.
• Conduct security design reviews and lightweight threat modelling.
• Drive security assurance throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Enhance configuration and adoption of security platforms.
• Support onboarding and implementation of new tooling.
• Act as liaison between Security, Architecture, Engineering and Delivery teams.
• Develop standards and guidance to improve secure-by-design outcomes.
• Manage platform-related requests and vendor engagement.

Skills

Secure by Design

Threat modelling

Security architecture

Independent worker

Delivery lifecycle security

Security contractor mindset

Tools

Microsoft security technologies

IAM (One Identity)

IAM (Delinea)

IAM (StrongDM)

Cloud security

Job description

GCS in London is seeking a hands-on Cyber Security Engineer to embed Secure by Design across technology programmes while helping improve and optimise a suite of enterprise security platforms. This is a 6-month contract role inside IR35 with London-based on-site working 1 to 2 days per week.

We offer an excellent opportunity for a security professional who enjoys working across architecture, engineering and delivery teams, influencing projects from inception through to deployment while providing