Senior Cyber Security Engineer | Hybrid, Bonus & Benefits

Gatwick Airport Limited; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Free staff parking

Discounted rail travel to work

Share matching scheme

Job summary

Gatwick Airport Limited is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to lead the operation, optimisation and continuous improvement of Cyber Security technologies across London Gatwick. You will reduce organisational risk through effective security controls, vulnerability management, and security-by-design practices.

The role is office-first with a hybrid model: three days in the office and two days remote, aligned to business needs.

Qualifications

• Technical expertise across network monitoring, intrusion detection, and security of web, wireless & cloud.
• Practical experience with content filtering and secure web gateways.
• Experience with MITRE-ATT&CK frameworks and threat modelling.
• In-depth experience designing, implementing and operating complex enterprise security engineering solutions across cloud, endpoint and hybrid environments.
• Experience managing, operating and optimising Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions as technical SME.
• Experience integrating security controls across endpoint, network, identity and data layers.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of Cyber Toolsets, configuration and lifecycle management, including inputting into strategic direction for latest investments in defending GAL
• Define and maintain security standards for the implementation and operation of technical controls
• Act as the lead cyber security SME within IT and business projects, ensuring security requirements are defined, assured and effectively implemented
• Manage and continuously improve Vulnerability and Exposure Management (CTEM) capabilities across Gatwick systems
• Provide governance, assurance and oversight of remediation activities, driving risk reduction and timely closure of identified exposures
• Support the Cyber Technical Assurance Programme, including security reviews, control validation, penetration testing, purple teaming and security-by-design assurance
• Support risk assessments and threat-modelling sessions
• Support and manage the penetration testing programme, ensuring tests are planned, executed, tracked and remediated in line with organisational risk priorities
• Provide security assurance and oversight for AI and Generative AI technologies, ensuring appropriate security controls and monitoring are in place

Skills

Network monitoring

Intrusion detection

Web security

Cloud security

Zero Trust

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Job description

Gatwick Airport Limited is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to lead the operation, optimisation and continuous improvement of Cyber Security technologies across London Gatwick. You will reduce organisational risk through effective security controls, vulnerability management, and security-by-design practices.

The role is office-first with a hybrid model: three days in the office and two days remote, aligned to business needs.