Senior Cyber Engineer

Royal Mail; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Healthcare

Up to 18% annual bonus potential

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension: CDC scheme with 12%+

Job summary

Royal Mail in London is seeking a Senior Cyber Engineer to lead the development and optimisation of key security technologies and provide senior technical leadership across the security tooling estate. You will work closely with security leaders, architects, and operations to ensure tools are configured effectively and deliver meaningful insights to Security Operations.

The role requires 5+ years in a security engineering role within a large organisation, with deep knowledge of SIEM, DLP,

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or Cyber Security (or equivalent).
• 5+ years in a security engineering role within a large, complex organisation.
• Relevant technical or professional security qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop key security technologies ensuring Security Operations has reliable access to tools and information.
• Improve configuration and performance of supporting security technologies with architects and ops teams.
• Lead technical activity to strengthen protection and logging across new and existing technologies.
• Act as a senior technical expert for security projects and support transition to BAU.
• Produce KPI/KRI reporting with recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Build relationships across technology teams and provide guidance on security tool placement and support.
• Lead and direct third-party suppliers to meet delivery timescales and SLAs.
• Coach and develop junior engineers to support delivery of a small team.

Skills

Security engineering

SIEM

DLP

Firewalls

Leadership

Supplier management

Analytical skills

Communication

Coaching

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Security qualifications

Tools

SIEM

DLP

Firewalls

Cloud security centres

Vulnerability scanning

Job description

Job reference 343456 Senior Cyber Engineer

London Farringdon x3 days a week Hybrid working

Permanent, Full time

Salary & Benefits

Competitive salary

Plus

• car allowance
• Healthcare
• Up to 18% annual bonus potential
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service
• Pension: access to the UK’s only Collective Defined Contribution scheme with industry-leading Royal Mail contributions of over 12%, flexible options to boost your savings, and a guaranteed retirement lump sum*

Senior Cyber Engineer

Help protect a large and complex technology estate. You will lead the development and optimisation of key security technologies, provide senior technical expertise and help embed security solutions into day-to-day operations.

About The Role

Our Cyber Security Engineering team protects information assets and supports the detection, analysis and response to security events. We are looking for a Senior Cyber Engineer to strengthen the team and provide hands-on technical leadership across our security technology estate.

Working closely with security leaders, architects, technology operations teams and third-party suppliers, you will ensure our security tools are configured effectively, deliver the right level of protection and provide useful information to Security Operations.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain and develop key security technologies, ensuring Security Operations has reliable access to the tools and information it needs.
• Work with security architects and technology operations teams to improve the configuration and performance of supporting security technologies.
• Lead technical activity to strengthen protection and logging across new and existing technologies.
• Act as a senior technical subject matter expert for security projects and support their transition into business-as-usual operations.
• Produce and present relevant KPI and KRI reporting, providing clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships across technology teams and provide practical guidance on the placement, maintenance and support of security technologies.
• Lead and direct third-party suppliers, making sure delivery and support meet agreed timescales and service levels.
• Coach and develop less experienced engineers and support the effective delivery of a small team.

What You’ll Bring

• At least five years of experience in a similar security engineering role within a large, complex and technologically diverse organisation.
• Strong experience of deploying, maintaining and configuring a broad range of security technologies in a complex environment.
• In-depth technical knowledge across areas such as SIEM, DLP, firewalls, cloud security centres, intrusion prevention, cyber threat intelligence and vulnerability scanning.
• Strong leadership, influencing and supplier management skills, with the judgement to make clear, risk-based recommendations.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to move between the big picture and the technical detail.
• Clear written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to explain security risks and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• The ability to remain calm under pressure, set direction and make timely decisions.
• Experience of coaching and developing engineers.

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security or equivalent practical experience.
• Relevant technical or professional security qualifications.

Benefits & Rewards

In addition to the salary and benefits outlined above, you’ll also enjoy:

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Funded Dental – As a manager you are eligible to a level of employer funded dental insurance**
• Health Assessment – As a manager you are eligible to an employer funded health assessment every 2 years**
• Benefits Account – With more than 800 retail offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills as well as employer provided and voluntary benefits to suit your lifestyle.
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to a range of free services and tools, offering support for physical and mental wellbeing, financial guidance, and social support whenever you need it.
• Eligible for enrolment in NEST pension plan after 3 months service and CDC pension scheme after 12 months service
• Available only to permanent employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

Closing Date: 7/11//2026. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.