Security Engineer

Job Title

Security Engineer

Department

TSD Information Security-BG-UK

Purpose of Role

As a Security Engineer at Baillie Gifford, you will be a key member of the Security Engineering team, responsible for building, integrating and maintaining the security capabilities that protect our systems, data and people.

Security Engineering bridges security and technology, creating secure-by-default platforms and controls that enable teams across the organisation to operate securely while continuing to move quickly. The team works closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Development, DevOps and other security teams to embed security earlier in the technology lifecycle and reduce reliance on manual security processes.

In this role, you will take a hands-on approach to engineering and improving security capabilities across cloud, identity, endpoint, vulnerability management and the wider security technology estate. You will develop integrations, tooling and automation that improve security outcomes while simplifying how security is consumed by other teams.

You will help mature and optimise existing security investments rather than simply introducing new technology, ensuring our platforms are effectively integrated and aligned with business risk. The role offers opportunities to broaden your experience, working across areas such as security architecture, threat modelling, development, continuous control validation and emerging technologies including AI.

Work closely with Core Platform teams to embed security earlier in project and development lifecycles, developing secure-by-default patterns, guardrails and security controls that can be adopted consistently.

Continually develop your expertise across security engineering, cloud, identity, application security and other emerging technologies, sharing knowledge and new approaches with the wider team.

You will bring strong knowledge and practical engineering experience across several of the following areas, with solid technical foundations and the ability to learn and develop across different security domains:

The Type of Candidate We’re Looking For

You are a practical and curious engineer who enjoys understanding how things work, solving technical problems and building security solutions that help others work securely. You are comfortable learning and applying your experience to unfamiliar technologies and problems.

You take a pragmatic approach to security and work well with others across technology. You can understand what teams are trying to achieve, identify the security risks that matter and turn them into practical solutions. You naturally look for opportunities to simplify, automate and improve how things are done.

You communicate clearly, exercise good technical judgement and are comfortable challenging existing approaches when you see a better way of doing something. You are motivated to keep developing your skills and enjoy sharing your knowledge and ideas with a wider team.

Closing Date

October 21, 2026

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At Baillie Gifford, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful culture in which each of our colleagues can thrive and develop. We believe that our clients are best served by a diverse workforce with the experiences, ideas and perspectives that this brings.

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