Security Engineer

Job Description

Security Engineer

Salary: £55,100 - £68,000 (neg depending on experience)

Location: Cromwell Hospital, London (SW5 0TU)

Hybrid Working: Desired 2 days per week onsite

Fixed Term Contract: 12 Months

Scheduled weekly hours: 37.5 hours

Benefits: Fixed Term benefits allowance

We make health happen

We are seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join Cromwell on a fixed-term contract. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the organisation adheres to industry security standards and best practices, including NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS controls.

You will play a key role in implementing, maintaining, and continuously enhancing our security frameworks, processes, and technologies. This position is critical in safeguarding the company’s systems, data, and reputation, while also promoting a strong culture of security awareness across the business.

How You’ll Help Us Make Health Happen

Support the implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of security frameworks and controls aligned to NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS standards

Design, implement, and manage security solutions, including SSO, MFA, and identity lifecycle processes (JML), ensuring secure and seamless user access

Collaborate with IT, HR, compliance, and security teams to embed and maintain security controls across systems, projects, and business workflows

Identify, assess, and manage security risks and vulnerabilities across applications and infrastructure, developing and driving remediation plans through to completion

Ensure security is embedded across the full project lifecycle, including participation in change management and design processes

Develop, maintain, and document security policies, procedures, and standard operating protocols in line with best practice and regulatory requirements

Monitor security posture, track risks, escalate overdue remediation, and ensure adherence to defined security metrics and organisational risk appetite

Support security assessments, pre-engagement activities, and coordination with internal SMEs and wider security teams

Implement and maintain capabilities for early detection, response, and management of security incidents

Test and assess systems and infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities and recommend improvements

Produce clear reporting on security posture, risk, and improvement initiatives, and represent the organisation in relevant security forums

Develop and implement technical solutions and tools to enhance security capability, automate processes, and protect organisational data and infrastructure

Promote security awareness across the organisation, providing guidance and training where required

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role

Proven experience in a Security Engineer, Application Security Engineer, or similar role within an enterprise or regulated environment

Strong working knowledge of security frameworks and standards, including NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS, with hands-on experience implementing and maintaining controls

Practical experience designing, implementing, and managing identity and access solutions, including SSO, MFA, and joiner/mover/leaver (JML) processes

Solid technical expertise across security technologies such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus, authentication systems, log management, and content filtering

Good understanding of network security, network segmentation, and monitoring tools, alongside infrastructure and operating system security (Windows/Linux)

Experience identifying and managing vulnerabilities, supporting remediation activities, and maintaining security systems within complex environments

Ability to design, document, and optimise security processes, policies, and technical procedures to a high standard

Strong understanding of infrastructure and application security principles, with the ability to secure enterprise environments end-to-end

Relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or equivalent are highly desirable

Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work effectively under pressure

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate technical security concepts into business context

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health, from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.

Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing

Fixed term benefits allowance

Access to our confidential employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type

Full time

Job Area

IT

Locations:

Cromwell Hospital London