Cyber Security Jobs in Exeter

Appvia · London · £75,000 – £90,000 pa

Design, build and operate secure AWS platforms using Terraform, Kubernetes/EKS and CI/CD for public and private sector clients. You will own technical delivery in your area, create reusable modules and deployment patterns, and mentor less experienced engineers within multi-disciplinary consulting teams.

RiverSafe · London

Client-facing consulting role leading end-to-end security engagements across security architecture, cloud security, DevSecOps, application security and security operations. You'll run workshops, design controls in AWS/Azure/GCP, produce risk-based deliverables and help identify follow-on work, contributing to proposals and account growth.

University of Exeter · Exeter · £21,805 pa

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.

Adecco · Exeter · £500 pd

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.

Michael Page · Liverpool · £60,000 – £65,000 pa

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.

Hawke Search · London · £60,000 – £70,000 pa

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.

Bridewell · London

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.

Amazon · London

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.

Barclays · Knutsford

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.

Barclays · London

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.

Amazon · London

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.

NCC Group · Manchester

Senior hands-on technical authority for a heavily customised ServiceNow platform underpinning cybersecurity managed services. Builds scoped applications, custom data models, advanced server- and client-side scripting and integrations with security tooling, working directly with customers on requirements and escalations. Sets technical standards, owns code review and architectural direction, and mentors the wider development team.

Reed · Aberdeen · £38,000 – £40,000 pa

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.

Identify Solutions · Swansea · £45,000 – £55,000 pa

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.

Endeavour Recruitment · London · £115,000 – £125,000 pa

Own the information and cyber security agenda for an international organisation, defining strategy, policies and technical baselines across networks, cloud, identity and endpoints. A senior individual-contributor role without line management, working with infrastructure, technology and external providers to drive vulnerability management, monitoring, incident response and security architecture. Requires hands-on technical depth plus the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Diamond Search Recruitment · Ashford · £50,000 – £55,000 pa

Owns data protection and information governance across a healthcare organisation, handling SARs, DPIAs, privacy notices, information sharing agreements, breach management and IG audits. Works with senior leadership and an external DPO, partnering with IT and security teams on cyber security, ISO 27001 and DSPT compliance while delivering training and legislative guidance.

Michael Page · Liverpool · £60,000 – £65,000 pa

Investigating and responding to escalated security incidents, performing detailed event analysis and threat detection while working with external security providers. Acts as a subject matter expert supporting cyber incident response, optimising SIEM, IAM and DLP platforms, running phishing simulations and security reviews across the technology estate.