Job Description
Lead Security Engineer
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Hybrid (London)
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£77,000 + Bonus and Benefits
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A well-established eComm business is building out its security engineering capability, and wants an engineer to own it. This is a build role — the controls and programmes here are early-stage, not inherited.
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They're prioritising IT foundation and attitude over years in a security job title. If you came up through infrastructure, networking or identity and have moved into security, they want to hear from you.
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The role
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Reporting to the Information Security Manager, you'll cover a cloud-first estate spanning GCP and AWS, marketplace technology, SaaS and in-house engineering. Security maturity is early, so you'll be standing capabilities up and driving adoption, not maintaining someone else's platform.
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Your first priorities:
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- Asset & Application Visibility — continuous, automated discovery across the estate, from a standing start
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- Zero Trust / ZTNA rollout — identity-aware access across remote and internal services
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- Automating identity lifecycle (JML) in Entra ID and key SaaS platforms
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Alongside that: SIEM engineering and detection tuning, vulnerability management, DLP, and incident response support — with a strong bias toward automation.
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What we're looking for
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- An IT infrastructure grounding — networking, endpoint, systems, identity — with a move into security. Infrastructure Engineer, Systems/IT Engineer, Cloud or Platform Engineer backgrounds all welcome
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- Hands-on delivery of at least one of the three priorities above from a low-maturity start — through the deployment, tuning and adoption phases, not inheriting it already running
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- Experience in a lean security or IT function where you led delivery, rather than one contributor in a large layered team
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- The judgement to make sound security calls in ambiguous situations, and the communication skills to influence without authority
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Depth of prior security experience matters less than the engineering foundation and the appetite to own something end to end.
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Nice to have: Cloudflare (particularly Access/ZTNA); GCP or AWS security; scripting (Python, PowerShell) or Terraform; eComm or marketplace background.
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On offer: real ownership with the tooling and trust behind it, AI tooling at organisation level, remote-first with flexible time at a London office, and a lean team where your decisions land.
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Interested? Click APPLY NOW for immediate consideration.
Lead Security Engineer in London employer: Fazer Recruitment
Fazer Recruitment offers an exceptional work environment for Full Stack Engineers, particularly those passionate about sports technology. With a focus on ownership and innovation, employees benefit from direct access to leadership, fostering a culture of collaboration and influence on product development. The remote nature of the role allows for flexibility, while opportunities for professional growth and involvement in cutting-edge AI-assisted projects make this an attractive position for tech enthusiasts.
