Senior Information Security Specialist - Risk & Response

Cirrus Logic; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cirrus Logic in Edinburgh, UK, is seeking a seasoned security professional to join our Information Security team and strengthen our security posture across corporate and engineering environments. You will assess risk, implement scalable security solutions, and partner with IT and engineering to design secure infrastructure, lead incident response, and report findings to senior leadership.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to maintain compliance with security frameworks, guide policy, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience across multiple cybersecurity domains including vulnerability management, incident response, IAM, network security, risk analysis, security operations, and security engineering.
• Demonstrated success as a senior individual contributor in a complex enterprise environment.
• Hands‑on experience designing secure solutions with infrastructure and engineering teams.
• Familiarity with enterprise security tools (endpoint protection, vulnerability management, logging/SIEM).
• Experience with AI security and governance, including policy and monitoring capabilities.
• Proven incident response leadership or substantial contribution to threat-driven initiatives.
• Strong executive communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner across Security, IT, and engineering teams to strengthen security posture across multiple cybersecurity domains.
• Contribute to the security program with risk evaluation and scalable security solutions.
• Design and evaluate secure infrastructure, architectures, and processes supporting the business roadmap.
• Develop and implement security requirements, policies, and procedures for information systems and data.
• Participate in detection and incident response activities including investigation and containment.
• Hands‑on evaluation, engineering, and administration of enterprise security tools.
• Assess security posture and drive secure design across mixed platforms and environments.
• Prepare clear, actionable reporting on findings and risks for stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

Cybersecurity domains

Senior individual contributor

Secure design & architecture

Executive communication

Security tooling (SIEM, EPP, etc.)

AI security governance

Incident response leadership

Security frameworks (NIST/ISO/FAIR)

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Endpoint protection

Vulnerability management

Logging/SIEM platforms

Job description

Cirrus Logic in Edinburgh, UK, is seeking a seasoned security professional to join our Information Security team and strengthen our security posture across corporate and engineering environments. You will assess risk, implement scalable security solutions, and partner with IT and engineering to design secure infrastructure, lead incident response, and report findings to senior leadership.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to maintain compliance with security frameworks, guide policy, and