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# Principal Cyber Security Engineer

- **Company:** Yorkshire Building Society
- **Location:** Bradford, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management, Software Vulnerability Management
- **Published:** May 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8d0e16fcbfd71212

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Leadership?, You will bring deep technical expertise and a collaborative approach, enabling you to influence senior stakeholders and shape secure outcomes across multiple teams.

 * Strong experience in cyber security engineering, including modern tooling, complex infrastructure, and secure design principles
 * Proven ability to bridge technical, risk, and business perspectives, translating security requirements into effective solutions
 * Experience in threat identification, vulnerability management, and identity & access management, alongside strong communication and consultancy skills
 * Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams such as architecture, change, and technology services to deliver secure outcomes
 * Relevant cyber security qualifications (e.g. CISSP, CISM, CRISC or equivalent) and a commitment to ongoing professional development

## Description

Join a highly visible, senior technical role where you'll influence security outcomes across the organisation, working flexibly and collaborating with architecture and change teams. This is an opportunity to take real ownership, act as a technical authority, and drive secure-by-design principles while continuing to develop your expertise across modern cyber technologies and platforms., As a Principal Cyber Security Engineer, you will act as a senior technical authority, providing oversight, consultancy and guidance across Information & Cyber Security and the wider organisation.

 * Drive consistent, high-quality security engineering practices, improving capability and alignment across security, threat & vulnerability, and assurance teams
 * Translate complex technical risks into clear, business-aligned decisions, supporting change and transformation initiatives
 * Strengthen organisational resilience through enhanced oversight of critical technologies (including identity platforms) and evolving threat response
 * Provide expert technical leadership and act as an escalation point for complex cyber security challenges across the organisation
 * Ensure security requirements are clearly defined, translated, and embedded into change and transformation activities


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