Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Security Engineer (Cybersecurity): Strengthening organizational cybersecurity by defining, embedding, and assuring security standards, guardrails, and risk management practices. Focus on collaborating with engineering and business teams to apply security requirements and leveraging Nestlé Cyber expertise for a secure technology environment.

Location: Hybrid role based in Richmond, UK. Occasional work from abroad (2 weeks every 6 months) is permitted.

Company

hirify.global is a dog food subscription company that creates tailored food for dogs, scaling fast and backed by Purina.

What you will do

• Define, maintain, and ensure consistent application of security standards, guardrails, and controls.
• Align controls to recognized frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR) and promote secure-by-design principles.
• Partner with engineering, infrastructure, data, and business teams to embed security requirements and provide practical guidance.
• Collaborate with Nestlé Cyber, leverage SOC intelligence, and support incident response.
• Conduct risk assessments, identify gaps, and track remediation to closure.
• Review and evolve security standards, improve automation, and monitor emerging threats.

Requirements

• Experience in cyber security, security engineering, or security governance roles.
• Strong knowledge of security frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS, PCI-DSS, GDPR).
• Understanding of secure design, cloud security, and infrastructure security patterns.
• Experience defining, assessing, or assuring security controls and standards.
• Familiarity with SOC operations, threat intelligence, and incident response.
• Basic scripting or automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).

Nice to have

• Relevant certifications beneficial but not required.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus based on company performance.
• Flexible core hours and a 9/10 day working week for work-life balance.
• 25 days of holiday (increasing to 27), plus optional unpaid leave and a paid volunteer day.
• Health insurance, extended maternity/paternity/adoption pay, and flexible paid care leave.
• In-house L&D team with year-round courses and 50% discount on hirify.global products.

Hiring process

• CV review by Talent Acquisition Team.
• Call with TA Team to discuss skills and experience.
• Video call with the hiring manager.
• Presentation of a task to a panel of interviewers.