Cyber Security Consultant - #2079863

Greetings

We are Hiring Cybersecurity Lead Software and DevOps Engineer in Sheffield, UK

Long-Term Contract

We are seeking an accomplished Cybersecurity Lead Software and DevOps Engineer to drive the Responsible for designing and delivering enterprise security solutions, creating reusable security patterns, leading security engineering initiatives, and building new capabilities and environments. Acts as a principal-level engineer driving strategy, hands-on implementation, and cross-team adoption.

In this role you will:

• Design and implement end-to-end security solutions across cloud and on-prem environments.

• Build new security environments, frameworks, and components; perform POCs and pilots for emerging solutions.

• Develop and maintain reusable security patterns and reference architectures to reduce developer toil and improve security controls.

• Manage stakeholder requirements in a fast-past changing landscape of technical and customer requirements and deliverables.

• Manage a small team of engineers to deliver on objectives and stakeholder requirements.

• Lead security initiatives across IAM, secrets management, CI/CD pipeline security, and supply chain security.

• Implement secure secrets management using native cloud vaults and HashiCorp Vault.

• Work closely with platform and engineering teams to solve security control gaps and provide technical implementation guidance.

• Handover new environments, solutions, and patterns to engineering teams and provide support during adoption.

• Lead a team of engineers: define strategy, roadmap, delivery milestones, and ensure engineering execution.

• Drive enterprise-wide adoption of security patterns through pilots, scaling, and stakeholder alignment.

• Produce high-quality technical designs, implementation documents, and knowledge transfers.

• Operate independently at a principal engineer level, influencing architectural decisions and engineering direction.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Strong experience in security architecture, DevSecOps, IAM, secrets and key management.

• Hands-on expertise with CI/CD security, cloud platforms, supply chain security, and HashiCorp Vault.

• Strong experience building enterprise solutions in both public cloud (AWS GCP Azure) and on premise.

• Proven track record leading engineering teams and large-scale technical initiatives.

• Ability to design, build, test, handover, and scale security capabilities across an enterprise.

• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to communicate effectively, and negotiate requirements and demands, from stakeholders and customers alike.

Desired qualifications and experience

• The candidate will have suitable qualifications in public cloud or equivalent experience (e.g. AWS professional level at either Architecture or DevOps track)