Senior Security Engineer

Woolf Connection; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Woolf Connection as the Director of Technology Recruitment (EMEA) in London, and lead a highly-skilled Security Engineering team. Focus on designing secure cloud solutions while collaborating with engineers and product leaders. This role demands deep expertise in cloud security, automation, and effective communication across disciplines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Security Engineering or Software Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure).
• Knowledge of security frameworks (NIST, ISO, etc.) and emerging threat landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable services and reusable patterns.
• Develop 'security-as-code' policies and automate processes.
• Support threat modeling and contribute to architecture decisions.

Skills

Cloud Security

Automation

Collaboration

Communication Skills

Job description

This range is provided by Woolf Connection. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

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Director of Technology Recruitment (EMEA)

We’re partnering with an ambitious financial technology organisation on a mission to reimagine how large-scale infrastructure and security support millions of people every day.

This is your chance to join a small, highly-skilled Security Engineering team during a period of real transformation. You’ll be hands-on, designing and building the core systems that will keep the organisation secure as it grows.

Why this role?

• Work on cutting-edge cloud-native security challenges (AWS, Azure, serverless, containers, IaC).
• Collaborate with forward-thinking engineers and leaders across infrastructure and product teams.
• Shape the future of security for a business trusted by household names.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing and implementing secure, scalable services and reusable patterns across the tech stack.
• Developing “security-as-code” policies and automation to embed best practice from the ground up.
• Helping the organisation adopt modern CI/CD, IaC, and containerisation securely.
• Translating security needs into practical solutions with minimal friction for developers.
• Supporting threat modelling and contributing to robust architecture decisions.

What you bring

• 5+ years of experience in Security Engineering or Software Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure).
• A passion for secure design, automation, and enabling teams to move fast safely.
• Knowledge of security frameworks (NIST, ISO, etc.) and emerging threat landscapes.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

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