Principal Engineer – Cyber Security

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 77,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent government department in the UK is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead cyber security initiatives. This role includes defining security architecture and engineering standards, while engaging with senior stakeholders to ensure technical solutions are sustainable. Applicants should demonstrate experience in enterprise-wide security technologies and a strong understanding of application, infrastructure, and cloud security. The position encourages a combination of office and remote working, depending on needs.

Benefits

Disability Confident employer scheme

Non-pensionable allowance up to £19,483

Qualifications

• Experience in leading enterprise-wide security technology initiatives.
• Strong understanding of security architecture and engineering standards.
• Capability to drive innovation across various security domains.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of security technologies.
• Maintain security architecture and engineering standards.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to establish a robust delivery foundation.

Skills

Cyber security

Architecture standards

Cloud security

Infrastructure security

Application security

Job description

£76,117 per year, You may be eligible for an additional non-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills Assessment, with a value of up to £19,483.

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

Yes

Closing Date:

29/01/2026

About this job

Home Office Cyber Security at the Home Office plays a vital role in protecting one of the UK’s largest government departments and its nationally critical digital infrastructure.

The Principal Engineer will lead the design, delivery, and optimisation of enterprise-wide security technologies that safeguard critical systems and data.

This role is accountable for defining and maintaining security architecture, engineering standards, automation, tooling, and platform resilience, while driving innovation across cloud, infrastructure, and application security domains.

Where business needs allow some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.

Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office.

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Beyond technical leadership, the role has a strong external focus; providing insight to project and programme management to inform resourcing decisions and supporting assurance teams and processes to ensure engineering outputs meet required standards.

Acting as the central point of contact for engineers within your area, you will ensure that solutions are sustainable and aligned with the Government Digital Profession strategy.

Working alongside other Senior, Lead, and Principal Engineers, you will ensure technical approaches are appropriate, consistent, and endorsed.

You will also engage with senior stakeholders in planning activities to establish a robust foundation for product delivery and ongoing maintenance.

While your remit spans the engineering function, you will collaborate closely with Architects and other professional disciplines to deliver secure, resilient, and future-ready systems.

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