4M Recruitment Limited
Senior Security Engineer

How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Senior Security Engineer
We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Security Engineer to take ownership of product and platform security across our Linux estate and help us build security into the way we design, develop and operate our systems.
In your first six months, you’ll focus on two priorities: owning our security testing cycle end to end, from commissioning penetration tests through to triage and remediation, and establishing a consistent, defensible hardening and patching baseline for our supported systems.
You’ll also own vulnerability management, contribute to threat modelling and DevSecOps, support platform lifecycle decisions, and act as a technical security point of contact for customers and their security teams.
Reasons to use Rodeo
I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
Honest answer — it depends on where you want to end up. A lot of top grad schemes (Big 4, civil service, banking) don’t need a masters. Let’s look at the ones you’d be competitive for now, and we can decide if a masters actually adds anything.
Also worth knowing: most autumn 2026 applications are open now. Timing matters more than you think.
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
Graduate Consultant — 2026 Scheme
Why you're a good match
StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
See breakdownIt searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Why you're a good match
You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
Experience fit
Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What we’re looking for
- Strong hands-on experience in product, infrastructure or platform security.
- Deep Linux security engineering experience, including hardening, patching, access control and network segmentation.
- Experience managing penetration-test findings through to closure, including challenging findings where the reported severity doesn’t reflect the actual risk.
- Practical vulnerability management experience with tools such as Nessus, Tenable or OpenVAS.
- Experience securing long-lived or legacy systems.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with engineers, customers and commercial teams.
Experience in regulated, industrial, manufacturing or logistics sector would be advantageous as would experience in IEC 62443, C++/PostgreSQL application security, DevSecOps, supplier assurance or ISO 27001 would be valuable.


Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
We care more about what you’ve secured than which certificates you hold, but CISSP, GIAC/SANS, OSCP/CREST or IEC 62443/ISO 27001 qualifications are all relevant—and we’ll support further development.
If you want a security role where you can make tangible changes rather than simply write policies, we’d like to hear from you.
What we offer
In return we have a fantastic benefits package on offer along with a salary of £70,000 - £80,000.
The office is based near Northampton and we are happy to discuss the level of onsite presence.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London