Principal Information Security Engineer

Manchester Digital

Manchester

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 95,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Pension 7% matched

Discretionary bonus

Share schemes

Health cash plan

Free gym

Enhanced family leave

Travel and bike loan

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Manchester Digital is seeking a senior security engineer to lead the security engineering team, driving BAU delivery and ensuring alignment with the security strategy. You will validate designs with the Architecture team, guide engineering outputs, and mentor staff while advancing the security tooling roadmap across our enterprise environment.

The role requires strong experience across enterprise security platforms, Microsoft security stack, and hands-on security operations within a financial or

Qualifications

5 years’ information security experience in financial services or ecommerce.
Experience with ISO27001, NIST or equivalent.
CISSP certification or actively pursuing it.
Strong ownership, communication and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary technical escalation point for complex challenges.
Oversee day-to-day security engineering BAU and meet SLAs.
Ensure quality and consistency of engineering outputs for engagements.
Support security tooling roadmap and bridge strategy to operations.
Collaborate with Architecture to validate designs for robustness and scalability.
Work with Operations to integrate security controls across the estate.
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the engineering team.

Skills

Enterprise security platforms

Microsoft security stack

Windows/Mac/Linux/mobile security

Firewalls & cloud security

IAM/PAM/IGA

SIEM

Security risk management

Security frameworks ISO27001/NIST

Cloud security solutions

Automation & scripting

Education

CISSP certification (attained or in progress)

Job description

This role is responsible for the day-to-day technical execution by our security engineering team, ensuring that project engagements are delivered to a high standard and support activities are dealt with in line with organisational SLAs.

You will act as the team’s primary technical lead and escalation point, driving efficiency, validating designs, and ensuring that all engineering outputs remain consistent and aligned with the security strategy.

The key responsibilities of the role are:

Act as the primary technical escalation point for the team, providing hands-on guidance and decision-making for complex technical challenges.
Oversee the day-to-day execution of security engineering, ensuring that BAU work is delivered to high standards and that all team SLAs are consistently met.
Ensure the quality and consistency of engineering outputs, specifically for project engagements, technical tasks, and documentation, ensuring they align with established security standards.
Support the technical delivery of our security tooling roadmap, helping to bridge the gap between high-level strategic objectives and operational outcomes.
Work closely with the Information Security Architecture team to validate design concepts, ensuring solutions are robust, scalable, and fit for our enterprise environment.
Collaborate with the Information Security Operations team to drive operational efficiency, quality improvements, and the seamless integration of security controls across the estate.
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the engineering team, ensuring they have the support and direction needed to deliver secure, automated, and effective solutions

Technical Skills

Demonstrable experience implementing enterprise security platforms
Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft security stack
Strong hands‑on experience using, managing, and securing diverse end‑user compute environments, including Windows, MacOS, Linux, and mobile device platforms.
Knowledge/experience working with firewalls and cloud security solutions is highly advantageous
Deep understanding of information security solutions e.g. email / web gateways, Privileged Account Management (PAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Endpoint protection
Strong understanding and knowledge of information security risk management tools and techniques.
Awareness of information security control standards and frameworks
Knowledge/experience working with firewalls is highly advantageous
Experience of cloud security solutions and standards is highly advantageous
Hands‑on experience with automation and scripting highly desirable

Competence, knowledge and skills

Competence

Experience working within recognised information security frameworks and best practices such as ISO27001, NIST etc.
5 years’ experience in an information security role gained in a financial services or e‑commerce environment is preferred

Knowledge & Skills

Significant experience in the area of information technology (IT) security
Strong knowledge of core IT and networking concepts
Well versed in IT security capabilities, framework and concepts
Extensive experience implementing industry‑standard IT security platforms
Strong ownership of tasks, attention to detail and following through to conclusion
Ability to challenge approach, strategy and implementation to ensure information security is consistently considered and improved
Ability to work under own initiative to plan and communicate effectively with colleagues and customers
Structured, self‑starting, flexible and enjoy working in fast‑paced environments
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to plan, organise and follow through on assigned tasks and complete with little or no prompting from management
Excellent attention to detail
Attained or working towards CISSP certification