Senior Cyber Security Engineer - Up to £70K - Leeds (3 days a week in the office)
This established international law firm in Leeds is looking for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to take the reins on their security strategy. The Senior Cyber Security Engineer will be responsible for strengthening security across the firm, you'll protect client data and critical systems having excellent experience with Microsoft Sentinel, azure and Security Copilot. You will be in the office 3 days a week.
What you'll bring:
- A minimum of 5 years' hands-on SOC experience - threat detection, incident response, and a track record of continuous improvement
- Solid working knowledge of SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability management platforms
- Comfort using AI tools (Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT) as part of your day-to-day toolkit
- Strong Azure expertise
- Bonus points if you've worked in legal or another regulated sector.
What you'll be doing:
- Owning the design and rollout of security controls across the firm's infrastructure
- Detecting, investigating, and responding to incidents and vulnerabilities as they arise
- Running risk assessments, audits, and pen tests - then fixing what they uncover
- Writing and maintaining security policies, procedures, and disaster recovery plans that meet regulatory standards
- Becoming the firm's trusted voice on all things cyber, briefing stakeholders and leadership
- Managing external vendor and partner relationships
- Championing security awareness through training across the business
- Keeping tabs on emerging threats and legal-sector compliance changes
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (rising to 27 after 4 years)
- Discretionary September bonus
- Private medical insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life assurance
- Gym discounts
- 5% pension match
- Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday
Based in or able to commute to Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Halifax, York, Manchester, or Hull? This could be your next move.
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