Royal Mail
Cyber Engineering Manager

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Job reference 342855 Cyber Engineering Manager
London or Sheffield x 3 days a week in office
Permanent, Full time
Salary & Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Plus:
- car allowance or cash equivalent
- Healthcare
- Up to 18% annual bonus potential
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service
- Pension: access to the UK’s only Collective Defined Contribution scheme with industry-leading Royal Mail contributions of over 12%, flexible options to boost your savings, and a guaranteed retirement lump sum*
Cyber Engineering Manager
Location: London or Sheffield x 3 days a week in office
Contract: Permanent
Reporting to: Director of Cyber Operations
About The Role
We're looking for a Cyber Engineering Manager to lead and develop Royal Mail's Cyber Security Engineering team.
This is a leadership role first and foremost. You'll be leading a team of six security professionals, setting direction, prioritising activity and ensuring the business gets maximum value from its cyber security tooling and investments.
You'll work closely with Cyber Architecture, Security Operations and wider technology teams to enhance Royal Mail's cyber capabilities, drive automation and continuously improve the effectiveness of our security platforms.
This role is ideal for someone who has grown from a technical cyber background and now enjoys leading people, influencing stakeholders and shaping strategy rather than remaining heavily hands-on.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead, develop and inspire a team of six Cyber Security Engineers.
- Set the direction for Cyber Security Engineering across a large and complex technology estate.
- Partner with Cyber Architecture to ensure security solutions align with wider technology strategy.
- Oversee the ongoing development and optimisation of key security platforms.
- Drive automation, efficiency and continuous improvement across the cyber function.
- Maximise the value and return on investment from existing and future security tooling.
- Manage third-party suppliers and technology partners.
- Lead security technology renewal and investment activities.
- Manage competing priorities and resources to ensure successful delivery.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across technology and the wider business.
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What We're Looking For
We're interested in experienced cyber leaders who can demonstrate:
- Proven experience leading and developing technical cyber security teams.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- A solid understanding of Cyber Security Engineering, Security Operations and Security Architecture.
- Experience working with enterprise security tooling and platforms.
- Knowledge of technologies such as Microsoft Sentinel, and Zscaler.
- Experience driving tooling improvements, automation and operational efficiency.
- The ability to translate technical concepts into practical business outcomes.
- A pragmatic and risk-based approach to cyber security.
Why join Royal Mail?
Royal Mail is undergoing significant technology transformation, creating an opportunity to shape the future of cyber security within one of the UK's most recognised organisations.
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Lead a high-performing cyber engineering team.
- Influence strategic cyber investment decisions.
- Work with modern security technologies including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel and Zscaler.
- Partner with senior leaders across technology and cyber security.
- Play a key role in protecting critical services and infrastructure used by millions of customers every day.
If you're a cyber leader who enjoys developing people, improving technology capabilities and delivering business outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.
Benefits & Rewards
In addition to the salary and benefits outlined above, you'll also enjoy:
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Funded Dental – As a manager you are eligible to a level of employer funded dental insurance**
- Health Assessment – As a manager you are eligible to an employer funded health assessment every 2 years**
- Benefits Account – With more than 800 retail offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills as well as employer provided and voluntary benefits to suit your lifestyle.
- Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to a range of free services and tools, offering support for physical and mental wellbeing, financial guidance, and social support whenever you need it.
- Eligible for enrolment in NEST pension plan after 3 months service and CDC pension scheme after 12 months service
- Available only to permanent employees


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Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview.
We are committed to transparency about our career opportunities and the qualities we value.
We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.
Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.
We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.
Closing Date: 07/10/26. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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