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Senior Information Security Engineer

John Lewis Partnership
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1 month ago
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ABOUT THE ROLE

Join the Information Security Engineering team at John Lewis Partnership to help build a secure future for an iconic brand. We work to protect our customers, Partners, and business against an ever-evolving cyber threat landscape.

The John Lewis Partnership’s Information Security strategy is bold and ambitious. We provide a collection of security services, delivered via people, processes and technology. Working collaboratively, these services ensure that customers can shop with us efficiently, safely and securely, every single day.

Our Threat Defence team is at the forefront of our cyber resilience, proactively monitoring threats, identifying vulnerabilities, and engineering robust security defences.

As we expand our Security Engineering service, you'll be instrumental in developing cutting-edge capabilities and empowering our Security Operations Centre to stay ahead of the latest threats.

This is a great opportunity to directly shape our security posture, getting hands-on with next-generation cyber security tools. You'll thrive in an agile, supportive, and highly collaborative team where innovation isn't just encouraged, it's expected.

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At a Glance

  • Salary:£50,000 - £74,000 depending on experience

  • Contract type:2 Permanent and 1 Fixed term contract (up to 12 months)

  • Hybrid Working:Based at our Bracknell Head Office with a flexible hybrid model (typically 1 day per week in the office, primarily Tuesdays, with ad-hoc visits as required by business needs), we support a healthy work-life balance

  • On-Call:Participate in a supportive on-call rota (approx. 1 week in 6), with flexibility for leave and personal commitments.

What You’ll Be Doing:

In this hands-on technical engineering role, you will:

  • Develop, deploy, and maintainour critical security operations tooling, ensuring its continuous effectiveness
     

  • Follow agile development practicesin support of our Information Security strategy
     

  • Contribute to the continuous improvementof existing critical security tooling, such as Google SecOps (Chronicle) and SentinelOne EDR

  • Collaborate closelywith Information Security colleagues, other technology teams, and strategic security vendors to build a truly secure Partnership.

What You’ll Have (Essential Skills):

  • Proven track record of successfulagile delivery(Scrum or Kanban)
     

  • Strong collaboration skillsworking with development, operations, and infrastructure teams within a security context

  • In-depthworking knowledge of security best practices and frameworks(e.g. Mitre ATT&CK, NIST).

Even Better If You Have (Desirable Skills):

  • Experience withSIEM tooling and detection development(Google SecOps/Chronicle proficiency is of specific benefit)
     

  • Background indelivering and/or maintaining EDR tooling(specifically SentinelOne engineering experience is beneficial)
     

  • Experience securingGoogle Cloud environments, utilising tools such as Google Security Command Center

  • RelevantInformation Security certifications(e.g. CISSP) or a related degree.

Ready to Apply?

  • Simply upload your CV and complete our application questions.
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Closing Date:

July 28, 2025


Pay:

£48,500.00 - £74,000.00 Annual


Contract Type:

Permanent


Hours of Work:

35


Job Level:

Partnership Level 7

Where You'll Be Working:

Bracknell Campus, Doncastle Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8YA

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:  

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.  

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview. 

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