Senior Security Engineer (Developer)
Our Future HealthLondon, England, United Kingdom
Posted October 22, 2025
75000 - 75000 GBP year
Full Time
About the Company
Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases. Our mission is to create an incredibly detailed picture of the UK population’s health, by recruiting up to five million adult volunteers from across the UK. Each volunteer will be asked to fill out a questionnaire and provide a blood sample that can be linked to their health records. Taken together, the data will present health researchers with a powerful tool to identify new ways of tackling diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and dementia. It's an unprecedented challenge that involves answering questions that have never been asked before – ethical, practical, and technological. And by getting these answers right, we believe Our Future Health will allow future generations to live in good health for longer. We are currently expanding our team and looking for specialists across various fields – people who are motivated by the opportunity of creating something new that will make a difference to society. Click on the Jobs tab above to start exploring our current opportunities. Our Future Health is a registered charity in England, Wales and Scotland.
Job Description
Our Future Health is seeking a passionate Security Engineer to join their Research Enablement squad. This role involves building a world-class security control, working closely with Research Enablement, and evolving into a 50/50 split between coding and broader security engineering. You will contribute to enhancing SOC capabilities and supporting operational teams through vulnerability management and incident triage.
Requirements
- Proficiency in Python and KQL.
- Comfortable working with Infrastructure as Code, ideally with Terraform.
- Significant experience developing Python scripts/systems.
- Experience working directly with software engineering best practices.
- Experience with Azure (ideally), AWS or GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
- Experience operating software components, including observability, logging, metrics, error reporting, debugging, and incident management.
- Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender and Purview suites and Microsoft Entra.
- Experience with SOAR tooling and automating security capabilities.
- Experience in Threat Modelling.
- Ability to communicate with stakeholders and audiences outside your own team.
- Exposure to Agile working.
- Experience working in/with cross-functional teams
- Desire to be part of a small fast-paced security team
- Relevant certifications, such as: Microsoft certifications
- Experience working in/with cross-functional teams consisting of engineers, product, UX and non-technical stakeholders
- Relevant certifications, such as: CompTIA Security+, GIAC Security Operations Certified (GSOC), Cloud Security Alliance CCSK.
Benefits
- Salary
- Pension Scheme
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Company contributions
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Home & Tech Savings
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Wellbeing Support
- Great Place to Work
