Cyber Security Engineer (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & London)

Genomics England is a global leader in enabling genomic medicine and research. The company supports the NHS’s national whole genome sequencing service and runs the growing National Genomic Research Library.

Responsibilities

• Detect, analyse, and respond to cyber threats, improving controls, tooling and processes that enable effective security operations.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineers, Cloud Engineers and Architects to ensure security controls are observable, resilient and effective by design.
• Enhance security monitoring and alerting capabilities, improve detection logic and support incident response through technical investigation and root‑cause analysis.
• Perform hands‑on cyber defence, including security event analysis, threat hunting and incident response using logs and telemetry across cloud, platform and application layers.
• Automate workflows and integrate security tooling into engineering processes, improving operational efficiency through scripting and configuration‑as‑code approaches.

Qualifications & Experience

• Hands‑on experience monitoring, detecting, analysing, investigating and responding to cyber security threats.
• Strong knowledge of cyber security operations and incident response, including root‑cause analysis and post‑incident review.
• Experience with SIEM and SOAR platforms, including alert analysis, detection tuning and response automation.
• Experience in performing threat hunting and integrating threat intelligence.
• Practical experience with cloud security concepts and services in AWS environments, including logging, telemetry and native security controls.
• Experience improving security operations through automation and configuration‑as‑code.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure‑as‑Code and CI/CD tooling (e.g. Terraform, GitLab CI/CD) and the ability to influence security controls within engineering workflows.
• Experience working within DevOps or squad‑based delivery environments, collaborating closely with engineers and architects.
• Strong communication skills, able to explain security issues clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Relevant cyber security, cloud security or incident response certifications are beneficial, but practical real‑world experience is equally valuable.

Salary

From £78,850

Benefits

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family‑friendly arrangements: blended working, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension: defined contribution with Genomics England matching up to 10% of salary.
• Life assurance: 3× salary.
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme and Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & development: individual learning budgets, training and certification support, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription.
• Health & wellbeing: subsidised gym membership, free Headspace account, Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.
• Recognition & rewards: employee recognition programme and referral scheme.

Equal Opportunities

Genomics England is committed to an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We do not tolerate discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying. All applicants receive fair consideration regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, gender reassignment, civil partnership, service, gender expression, or any other protected characteristic.

Closing Date

Sunday 12th July at 23:00 (UK time)