Cyber Security Engineering SME

As a Senior Cyber Security Engineer you will own hands-on security validation across banking and securities tech in a global context. You will work within the IT security function to verify controls, drive risk-based remediation, and support audits. The role combines active testing, threat emulation, and vulnerability remediation to strengthen the security estate. You’ll collaborate with engineering teams and governance stakeholders to maintain an audit-ready security posture and automation. This is a technically deep, high-autonomy SME opportunity at a leading financial services firm.

• Run and optimize automated penetration testing, breach and attack simulation, threat emulation, and cyber deception platforms
• Analyze vulnerabilities and findings; drive remediation, retesting, and validation with engineering teams
• Operate security tooling across network, endpoint, email, web, edge and cloud with onboarding, tuning, upgrades
• Investigate incidents and complex issues; identify root causes and implement security changes via change governance
• Support internal audits, IT risk and governance against ISO 27001, SWIFT CSCF, and NIST
• Build automation, dashboards, and integrations to reduce manual work and keep documentation audit-ready

• 8+ years in cyber security or information security with hands-on enterprise security tooling experience
• Experience with security validation, automated penetration testing, breach and attack simulation or exposure management
• Strong technical grounding in Windows Server, Linux, networking, Active Directory, DNS and GPO
• Vulnerability management and remediation assurance across on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments
• Comfort working with audit, risk and compliance stakeholders

• stakeholder communication
• problem-solving
• self-motivation
• Windows Server
• Linux
• Active Directory