Senior Cyber Security Engineer, Francis Crick
£54.8-63k
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Biomedical research institute
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Biomedical research institute
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£54.8-63k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To discover without boundaries.
Role
Who you are
- Previous experience using CrowdStrike suite of tools*
- Demonstrable experience of security incident and event management, including vulnerability and threat management *
- Demonstrable technical knowledge in the field of cybersecurity, threats, and controls*
- Previous experience or demonstrable understanding in:
- System hardening, security and password/key/certification management, Penetration testing
- Scripting (Shell, Python, Perl, PowerShell), Automation and orchestration (Ansible)
- Collaborative working using Slack, Dropbox, Trello, Zoom, Atlassian and supporting those tools
- A good working understanding of cybersecurity and risk management frameworks
- Knowledge of creating, maintaining and troubleshooting rapid development of custom scripts in languages such as PowerShell, Perl and Python, including the use of team source repositories (GitHub)
- Extensive experience of analysing security requirements across multiple domains ie broad e2e analysis and across multiple technology platforms and applications
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced Senior Cyber Security Engineer to join our growing Cyber Security team at the Francis Crick Institute
- The Cyber Security team is responsible for safeguarding the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of Crick data and systems
- You will support the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Chief Information Officer (CIO) and wider ITO in shaping and delivering policies, projects and operational processes that enable the Crick’s discovery without boundaries mission
- Regular collaboration, advice and reporting to the CISO will be central to your work
- You’ll be a key member of the team, working with staff who report directly to the CISO
- You’ll also partner closely with teams across the institute , from project sponsors and operational groups to scientific stakeholders and external partners , building strong relationships to ensure security is embedded into everything we do
- With significant cyber security experience, you’ll bring strong technical expertise, have the ability to grasp complex concepts quickly, and have a genuine passion for the field
- Operational responsibility for the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of Crick Systems and Data
- Triage and escalate threats and alerts independently and in collaboration with the wider team
- Ongoing development and maintenance of security monitoring and management tools
- Introduction of new processes, policies and tools as required. Retirement of the same as necessary to maintain an efficient, performant Cyber Security team
- Effective management of security alerts from across the Crick estate
- Implementation of security policy across the Crick IT estate and contributing to ongoing improvements as required
- Follow institute policies and procedures; including incident and problem management, appropriate change controls and team standard operating
- Act as point of escalation for the team for cyber incidents
Application process
- Closing Date: 10/Mar/2026 23.59 GMT
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Francis Crick Institute was founded in 2015 through the merger of the MRC's National Institute for Medical Research and CRUK's London Research Institute. Its mission is to push the boundaries of our understanding of how life works, and it is the largest single-site biomedical research institute in Europe.
One of the Institute's strengths is its ability to collaborate extensively with external research groups, boasting partnerships in more than 90 countries. These collaborations, however, pose data protection challenges due to the need to transfer vast amounts of sensitive information across borders. The Institute has addressed this by developing its own Trusted Research Environment toolkit, which allows remote teams to share data securely and compliantly in the cloud.
The institute secured £1 billion in funding back in 2022, and is maximising its effectiveness through the BRIDGE network and investments in AI and machine learning. A notable example is Google’s subsidiary DeepMind establishing a research lab within the institute to enhance biology and genomics research.
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Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2022
$1.4bn
GRANT
Total funding: $1.4bn
Company benefits
- 28 days of holiday each year, plus three additional days (usually taken over Christmas) and bank holidays
- Defined contribution pension scheme, with the Crick contributing between 3% - 16% of salary
- Life assurance
- Season ticket/car parking loan
- Annual leave purchase
- Childcare support allowance
- Back-up dependent care
- Discounted annual gym membership
- Bike to Work scheme
- Payroll giving
- Shopping discounts
Company HQ
Somers Town, London, UK
Leadership
Paul Nurse
(CEO)The first Director and Chief Executive of the Francis Crick Institute. Was previously President of Rockefeller University in New York. In 2001 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine as part of a team that discovered the role of protein molecules that control the duplication of cells.
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