Senior Security Engineer: Identity, Access & Automation

CFC; City Of London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CFC in London is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to shape and deliver security across networks, devices, identity and access. This senior individual-contributor role requires practical, hands-on delivery and strong technical judgement to translate risks into effective controls.

You'll design identity and access controls, automate security policies, and guide architecture across cloud, on-prem and AI-enabled environments while collaborating with technology teams in a low-ego, open culture in

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing security across networks, devices, identity and access.
• Strong knowledge of network segmentation and cloud security.
• Hands-on IAM and privileged-access controls across enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and operate automated security governance and controls.
• Architect reusable security services for enterprise systems with governance and detection.
• Design and implement access controls for human and non-human identities.
• Strengthen authentication, authorisation, secrets management and audit.
• Automate security policies across workflows and endpoints, including AI usage.
• Lead cross-functional security design and threat-modelling activities.

Skills

Security architecture

Identity and access management

Threat modelling

Automation

Policy-as-code

Privilege management

Network segmentation

Cloud security

Job description

CFC in London is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to shape and deliver security across networks, devices, identity and access. This senior individual-contributor role requires practical, hands-on delivery and strong technical judgement to translate risks into effective controls.

You'll design identity and access controls, automate security policies, and guide architecture across cloud, on-prem and AI-enabled environments while collaborating with technology teams in a low-ego, open culture in