Principal Cybersecurity Engineer — Hands-On, Scale Leader

Barclay Simpson; City Of London; On-site; GBP 168,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

BONUS

Job summary

Barclay Simpson is assisting a global financial services organisation in hiring a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer at a senior IC level. The role combines elite hands-on software engineering with high-impact cyber leadership, with about 40–50% of time spent coding.

The successful candidate will tackle threats, analytics and automation at scale, guiding engineering direction and setting new standards across teams. London is ideal; visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Deep cybersecurity expertise and elite hands-on software engineering ability.
• Senior IC with leadership mindset and ability to influence engineering directions.
• Ability to code 40–50% of time and solve complex security problems.

Responsibilities

• Address complex security challenges across threat detection, anomaly identification, cyber automation and advanced analytics.
• Turn large volumes of security telemetry into practical protection.
• Lead technical workshops and raise standards across teams.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

Hands-on coding

Threat detection

Data analytics

Software engineering

Job description

Barclay Simpson is assisting a global financial services organisation in hiring a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer at a senior IC level. The role combines elite hands-on software engineering with high-impact cyber leadership, with about 40–50% of time spent coding.

The successful candidate will tackle threats, analytics and automation at scale, guiding engineering direction and setting new standards across teams. London is ideal; visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.