Cyber Engineering Lead

Project overview

Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally.

At Arup you will have the opportunity to collaborate on ambitious projects - delivering remarkable outcomes for clients and communities, and to do socially useful work that has meaning.

Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set it apart for over 75 years, and now is your opportunity to join.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with Arup to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On Behalf of Arup, we are looking for a Cyber Engineering Lead for a 6 month contract based in London (3 days per week)/remote (Hybrid).

Purpose of the role:

We are seeking an experienced Cyber Engineering & Resilience to lead our Cyber Security Engineering and Resilience function. This role is accountable for the strategy, performance, and continuous improvement of security platforms, detection capabilities, automation, and resilience services that protect critical business operations and support organisational objectives.

You will drive the security and resilience roadmap, ensuring security controls, tooling, and services remain effective against an evolving threat landscape.

Responsibilities

The skills you'll need:

About the client

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. Guided by its values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Arup creates and contributes to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Arup's internal employee networks support their inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion - creating a space for everyone to express themselves and make a positive difference.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our Sourcing Specialists.

AMS are committed to providing all our candidates with the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments during the screening process and we will work with you and Arup to identify the best solution to meet your requirements.

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business.

• Lead the Cyber Security Engineering & Resilience function, ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable security services.
• Own the delivery, operation, and optimisation of security platforms across cloud, endpoint, identity, collaboration, and infrastructure environments.
• Drive cyber resilience initiatives, ensuring critical services can withstand and recover from disruption.
• Enhance threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and security monitoring capabilities.
• Develop automation and engineering solutions to improve operational efficiency and security outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership during major incidents, investigations, and service recovery activities.
• Define service roadmaps, technical standards, KPIs, and continuous improvement plans.
• Partner with technology, risk, resilience, and business stakeholders to strengthen security posture and reduce risk.
• Proven leadership experience within Cyber Security Engineering, Security Operations, or Cyber Resilience.
• Strong experience managing enterprise security platforms within a Microsoft ecosystem, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Cloud or Microsoft Sentinel.
• Expertise across cloud, identity, endpoint, infrastructure, and collaboration security.
• Experience implementing security automation, detection engineering, and vulnerability management capabilities.
• Strong understanding of cyber resilience, operational resilience, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Experience leading complex security initiatives within large scale enterprise environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.

Project details

• Start: ASAP
• Duration: 6 Months
• Location: London, UK, GB