
Principal Security Engineer
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Security Strategy & Governance – Define and continuously refine the technical security roadmap that aligns with business objectives, industry best practice (e.g., NIST CSF, OWASP SAMM), and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR).
- Secure SDLC & DevSecOps – Build and maintain guardrails for static/dynamic analysis, container and IaC scanning, SBOM management, and supply-chain security; automate enforcement through CI/CD pipelines.
- Cloud & Infrastructure Security – Design and implement robust controls for AWS (primary) and Azure/GCP (secondary): IAM, network segmentation, KMS, secrets management, WAF, EDR, and zero-trust patterns.
- Identity & Access Management (IAM) – Own enterprise IAM strategy, including RBAC, least-privilege provisioning, SSO, federation (OIDC/SAML), and privileged-access workflows.
- Monitoring, Detection & Response – Define audit logging, metrics, and telemetry requirements; integrate with SIEM/SOAR to deliver actionable alerts and playbooks for engineering-led incident response.
- Threat Modeling & Risk Assessment – Conduct regular architecture and code-level reviews, drive remediation plans, and present risk posture to leadership.
- Tooling & Automation – Evaluate, select, and integrate security tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanners, CSPM, CWPP) and champion IaC/Terraform modules for reusable controls.
- Collaboration & Mentorship – Act as a trusted advisor to engineering squads, provide security training, and mentor senior engineers on emerging attack vectors and defensive techniques.
- Compliance & Audits – Partner with InfoSec and Legal to prepare evidence, manage technical controls, and remediate audit findings.
- InfoSec Partnership – Collaborate proactively with the Information Security team on policy development, threat intelligence sharing, incident response, and compliance initiatives, ensuring organisation-wide alignment.
- Engineering Partnership & Enablement – Work hand-in-hand with engineering squads to raise security awareness, improve secure coding practices, and foster a culture of shared security ownership.
- Architecture Alignment – Partner closely with Orgvue’s Principal Architect to ensure security patterns, controls, and roadmaps align with overall system architecture and future technical strategy.
- Extensive experience in security engineering and/or software engineering with a strong security focus, including demonstrated leadership of complex security initiatives
- Expert-level knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (AWS preferred) and its native security services.
- Proven success embedding security within modern microservice, container, and serverless architectures.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and Kubernetes security hardening (admission controllers, network policies).
- Strong understanding of and practical experience of software engineering and how security can be an enabler to success as an engineer.
- Experience working within high-sensitivity data environments
- Strong awareness of compliance standards and the requirements on software teams, especially for ISO27001 and SOC2. FedRAMP experience advantageous.
- Demonstrated experience performing threat modelling, penetration test scoping, and vulnerability management.
- Deep understanding of IAM concepts, encryption/key-management, and secure network design.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to translate technical risk to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ideally you will have certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, AWS Certified Security.
- Familiarity with data privacy controls (tokenization, field-level encryption, data mesh) would be a bonus.
- Experience implementing security and governance programs for emergent AI tooling and capabilities.
- Hybrid working - 1+ days a week in the London office
- Wellbeing: Sanctus Coaching, Virtual fitness sessions, Wellbeing webinars, Annual Wellbeing day
- Subsidised Gym Membership
- Private Medical Insurance (including Dental and Vision) and Life Assurance
- 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days at a rate of 1 extra day per year)
- Summer Fridays (half-day Fridays for the months of July and August)
- Employer pension contribution of 5% of your gross salary, if you contribute a minimum of 3%
- Season ticket Loan
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Annual Discretionary Bonus
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