Principal InfoSec Engineer - Enterprise & Cloud (Hybrid)

AJ BELL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED; Trafford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Gym access

Job summary

AJ Bell is seeking a Principal Information Security Engineer to lead security engineering, provide hands-on guidance, and ensure high-quality security outputs across the enterprise. The role focuses on enforcing security standards, delivering BAU excellence, and guiding the security tooling roadmap in a hybrid UK-based environment.

You will collaborate with Architecture and Operations teams to validate designs, drive efficiency, and mentor engineering staff while maintaining strong stakeholder

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience implementing enterprise security platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with the Microsoft security stack.
• Experience securing diverse end-user compute environments (Windows, MacOS, Linux, mobile).
• Knowledge of firewalls and cloud security solutions is advantageous.
• Deep understanding of information security solutions (email/web gateways, PAM, IGA, SIEM, endpoint protection).
• Strong knowledge of information security risk management tools/techniques.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical escalation point for the team, providing hands-on guidance for complex challenges.
• Oversee day-to-day security engineering BAU delivery and ensure SLAs are met.
• Ensure quality and consistency of engineering outputs with security standards.
• Support the technical delivery of security tooling roadmap.
• Collaborate with Architecture and Operations teams to validate designs and integrate controls.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the engineering team.

Skills

Enterprise security platforms

Microsoft security stack

End-user compute environments

Firewalls & cloud security

SIEM / security operations

Risk management concepts

Security frameworks (ISO27001/NIST)

IT security ownership

Communication & initiative

Structured, self-starting

Education

CISSP certification

Tools

Microsoft security stack

Job description

AJ Bell is seeking a Principal Information Security Engineer to lead security engineering, provide hands-on guidance, and ensure high-quality security outputs across the enterprise. The role focuses on enforcing security standards, delivering BAU excellence, and guiding the security tooling roadmap in a hybrid UK-based environment.

You will collaborate with Architecture and Operations teams to validate designs, drive efficiency, and mentor engineering staff while maintaining strong stakeholder