Senior Cyber Security Engineering Lead

Huxley Associates; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Huxley Associates in London is seeking a Senior Security Engineering Leader to drive strategic security initiatives across vulnerability management, application security, AI security, and threat modelling.

You will build and lead a high-performing security engineering function, delivering automated services that enhance resilience and align with business objectives.

The role requires outstanding collaboration with executives and experience in regulated financial services environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in security engineering.
• Strong expertise in vulnerability management and application security.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale security platforms.
• Expertise in automation, cloud, analytics, and tooling integration.
• Ability to translate risk for executive stakeholders.
• Experience in regulated financial services environments is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and improvement of cyber security tooling and platforms.
• Drive vulnerability, exposure, and security posture management across complex technology estates.
• Develop and enhance application security, API security, AI security, and threat modelling capabilities.
• Establish security metrics, reporting, and analytics platforms to measure control effectiveness.
• Build automation-first engineering practices and integrate security into DevOps and development pipelines.
• Partner with senior technology and business stakeholders to align security strategy with organisational objectives.
• Manage vendor relationships and oversee security technology selection and optimisation.

Skills

Security leadership

Cyber security engineering

Architecture design

Vulnerability management

Application security

Automation

Cloud technologies

Analytics

Security tooling

Executive communication

Regulated environment

Job description

Huxley Associates in London is seeking a Senior Security Engineering Leader to drive strategic security initiatives across vulnerability management, application security, AI security, and threat modelling.

You will build and lead a high-performing security engineering function, delivering automated services that enhance resilience and align with business objectives.

The role requires outstanding collaboration with executives and experience in regulated financial services environments.