Cyber Security Jobs in Exeter

• Exeter
• £21,805 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

A PhD project investigating end-to-end guarantees for security systems by verifying translations between programs and the representations used by security protocols. The work centres on Isabelle/HOL, developing semantic models and compilation techniques, with zero-knowledge proof systems such as STARK-style protocols as a key application area. It spans formal methods, programming languages, cybersecurity and cryptography, with scope to shape the direction around the student's interests.

Isabelle/HOL · STARK

• Exeter
• Hybrid
• £500 pd
• Mid-level · manages people
• Temporary

Lead digital delivery for ICT services across a police strategic alliance, managing small teams that hold managed service providers and suppliers to account for hosting, networks, telephony, mobile and cyber security. Oversee SLAs, capacity planning, change management and ITIL-aligned service delivery, with hybrid working from Exeter and Winfrith.

Azure · Airwave

• Leicester
• £55,000 – £65,000 pa

Broad cyber security role in a financial services business, covering strategy, managing an external SOC, incident response and vulnerability management. Also involves developing AI governance and controls for Microsoft Copilot, plus security across Microsoft cloud, endpoint and identity environments, with training and guidance for non-technical colleagues.

Microsoft Defender · Microsoft Sentinel · Microsoft Copilot +2

• Liverpool
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £65,000 pa
• Senior
• Contract

Act as the escalation point for an external MSSP, investigating and responding to security incidents and performing detailed event analysis to identify threats. Drive hands-on remediation, detection engineering, and security reviews across cloud and enterprise collaboration environments, using frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK. A one-year fixed-term contract with strong extension potential, hybrid across Liverpool, Glasgow, or London.

MITRE ATT&CK

• Leeds

Deliver continuous security testing across customer external attack surfaces, combining automated scanning with hands-on manual assessment. Validate scanner findings, chain vulnerabilities to demonstrate realistic attack paths, and produce proof-of-concepts and remediation advice. Work directly with customers while contributing to internal tooling and methodology.

Burp Suite Professional · SQLMap · Python +7

• London
• £60,000 – £70,000 pa
• Senior

Owns compliance and certification across ISO 9001, 27001, 22301, PCI-DSS and GDPR, running internal audits and managing external auditors. Drives risk assessment, incident investigation, corrective action plans and business continuity planning, while coaching staff and reporting to the Board and executives.

• Leeds

Join a Continuous Security Testing team delivering ongoing penetration testing that blends automated scanning with hands-on manual assessment across customers' external attack surfaces. You'll validate scanner findings, chain vulnerabilities to demonstrate realistic attack paths, produce proof-of-concepts and remediation advice, and communicate risks directly to customers while improving internal tooling and methodology.

Burp Suite Professional · SQLMap · Python +7

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead and deliver OT cyber security consulting for critical national infrastructure clients, combining hands-on client-facing work with team leadership. You will build senior internal and external relationships, ensure high-quality delivery, identify new opportunities and shape service-based solutions to drive revenue growth across your service areas.

• Manchester
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £54,000 – £55,000 pa
• Senior

Day-to-day operation of a SIEM platform, including monitoring, administration and optimisation, plus developing detection rules and investigating alerts through to resolution. Works with Infrastructure, Networking, DevOps and external partners on incident response, EDR management and control testing, with Google SecOps (Chronicle) experience advantageous.

Google SecOps · Chronicle · SIEM +4

• London
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on security advisory role protecting pre-release film and series content across the production lifecycle, from editorial setup and Aspera transfers to cloud storage and on-set networking. Also maintains AWS infrastructure, builds Python automation for access governance and audit reporting, and researches emerging threats such as forensic watermarking and generative AI misuse.

AWS · Aspera · Python

• Knutsford
• Mid-level · manages people

Hands-on engineering role safeguarding encryption keys and cryptographic services across enterprise applications, working with Hardware Security Modules and Thales/Entrust tooling. Involves BAU and 24/7 on-call support, security assessments, penetration testing, and key management across Windows and Linux environments, with occasional off-site data centre work.

Thales · Entrust · SharePoint +5

• London
• Senior · manages people

Owns the optimisation and strategy of transaction monitoring controls across Barclays UK and International, tuning surveillance systems and ensuring governance and escalation procedures are followed. Uses SQL, Scala, Spark and Python for data exploration and visualisation, collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders on financial crime risk.

SQL · Scala · Spark +1

• London
• Permanent

Hands-on security advisory role protecting pre-release film and series content across the production lifecycle, from editorial setup and Aspera transfers to cloud storage and on-set networking. Combines vendor security assessments, research into forensic watermarking and anti-generative-AI controls, and building AWS-based tooling and Python automation.

AWS · Aspera · Python

• Aberdeen
• Hybrid
• £38,000 – £40,000 pa
• Mid-level

Hands-on security role strengthening an Aberdeen organisation's posture across infrastructure and operations. You will maintain policies, run vulnerability management, monitoring and incident response, oversee enterprise backups, and support audits and awareness training alongside IT and MSSP partners.

CISSP · CCSP · ISSAP

• Swansea
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• £45,000 – £55,000 pa
• Mid-level

Hands-on role taking technical ownership of cyber security across a predominantly Microsoft environment, working with an infrastructure team and external SOC partners. Day to day involves assessing the estate for security gaps, hardening systems, operating Defender/XDR, EDR and Sentinel, managing Entra ID access controls, and responding to incidents and vulnerabilities.

Microsoft Sentinel · SIEM · SOC +3