Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• We need a minimum of 5 years hands-on SOC experience, including threat detection, incident response, and continuous improvement.
• We need solid working knowledge of SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability management platforms.
• We need strong Azure expertise.
• We value comfort using AI tools such as Claude, Copilot, and ChatGPT as part of the day-to-day toolkit.
• We prefer experience in legal or another regulated sector.

Responsibilities

• We own the design and rollout of security controls across our infrastructure.
• We detect, investigate, and respond to incidents and vulnerabilities as they arise.
• We run risk assessments, audits, and pen tests, then remediate what they uncover.
• We write and maintain security policies, procedures, and disaster recovery plans that meet regulatory standards.
• We act as the trusted voice on cyber security, briefing stakeholders and leadership.
• We manage external vendor and partner relationships.
• We champion security awareness through training across the business.
• We monitor emerging threats and legal-sector compliance changes.

Technologies

• AI
• Azure
• ChatGPT
• Copilot
• Security
• Cloud

More

We are an established international law firm based in Leeds, and we are looking for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to take the lead on our security strategy. This is a hybrid role with three days a week in the office, offering the opportunity to make a genuine impact by protecting client data and critical systems across a leading legal organisation.

The role comes with a competitive salary of up to £70K

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays rising to 27 after 4 years
• a discretionary September bonus
• private medical insurance
• a cycle to work scheme
• life assurance
• gym discounts
• a 5% pension match
• the option to buy or sell up to 5 days of holiday

last updated 33 week of 2026

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