McGregor Boyall

Cyber Security Project Manager (Cyber Ark) Up to £575 per day Inside of IR35 Hybrid - 2/3 days a week onsite 6 months + Project Manager - Cyber Security Projects (Cyber Ark and IGA) Role Overview We are seeking a delivery-focused Project Manager to lead and support the implementation of key cyber security initiatives within a highly regulated financial services environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering strategic security projects across this financial services org., including technologies and programmes such as CyberArk, Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Penetration Testing Programme, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, internal risk frameworks, and information security standards. This role requires strong project delivery expertise, excellent stakeholder management skills and a solid understanding of cyber security principles. Experience delivering security projects within a regulated and compliance-driven environment is essential. Key Responsibilities Lead and deliver end-to-end cyber security projects across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and internal governance standards. Develop and manage project plans, including scope, timelines, budgets, resources, dependencies, and deliverables. Coordinate with internal technology, security, risk, compliance and business teams, as well as third-party vendors to ensure successful project execution. Monitor project progress, proactively identify risks and issues, and implement appropriate mitigation and escalation strategies. Maintain project governance artefacts, including RAID logs, status reports, budget forecasts and steering committee materials. Oversee testing, validation, deployment, and transition-to-support activities to ensure successful implementation and adoption. Provide regular and accurate project reporting to stakeholders and senior management. Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with organisational project management methodologies and change management processes. Skills & Qualifications Minimum of 5 years' project management experience within financial services. Strong understanding of cyber security principles, risk management, and regulatory requirements within the financial services sector. Excellent stakeholder management, communication with the ability to engage effectively at all organisational levels. Experience managing third-party suppliers and technology vendors. Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, JIRA, and Confluence. Relevant project management certifications (eg PRINCE2. PMP).  Preferred Experience Delivery experience involving CyberArk, Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM). Experience managing penetration testing programmes. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to play a key role in strengthening this financial services cyber security capabilities and regulatory compliance posture.

Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager Cambridge, £80 - £110,000 + Excellent Bonuses Hybrid working, x4 days a month in office however you can make that work. Job Overview: Are you interested in defending a global tech innovative company from the latest threats and anticipating surprises? We are seeking a hardworking Threat Intelligence Manager to join our growing Cyber Defence Operations (CDO) team. This Enterprise Security function in the UK CDO team is where the job will focus on threat intelligence production and related process improvement to support decision-making of global key interested parties and anticipate surprises. CDO enables them to be successful, delivering scalable and defendable security services that not only provide for the protection of this organisation, but also customers & partner data, but will strive for the wider industry. Responsibilities: Ensure and develop actionable intelligence in line with Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs) and Request for Information (RFI). Support intelligence-led threat hunting activities to proactively identify sophisticated threats across enterprise environments, improve detection, monitoring and prevention capabilities. Ensure tools throughout the intelligence life cycle are efficient and effective. Manage relationships with key industry, government and security partners. Support the response to high-priority security incidents in conjunction with security interested parties across the business. Contribute to scenario planning and readiness activities. Contribute and maintain our knowledge graph. Required Skills and Experience: Min 5+ years of experience in information security or threat research, with a focus on financially motivated groups and campaigns, or sophisticated state-sponsored actors. Proven track record on identifying and tracking criminal infrastructure or sophisticated threat activity. Deep expertise in at least one mechanism of tracking malicious actors' activity. Extensive, and up to date, understanding of TTPs and related tools used by threat actors. Solid grasp of Threat Intelligence processes and experience with relevant tools. "Nice To Have" or D esirable : SANS FOR578 (Cyber Threat Intelligence), FOR589 (Cybercrime Investigations) or relevant threat intelligence/hunting qualifications, or solid experience in any of those areas: Intelligence, Incident Response, Malware Analysis, Forensics, Cloud Security, Artificial Intelligence. BSc or higher in relevant subject (eg Computer Forensics, Digital Investigation, Computer Science) Experience in collaborating closely with LEAs Experience in Incident Response teams (CSIRT/CERT) Experience in regulated industry: CNI, Financial Services, Automotive or Manufacturing.

Cloud Security Engineer £70,000 - £85,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Remote Working | Midlands Office (approx. 2 days per month) Candidates must be eligible to obtain SC Clearance We are seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to join a growing cyber security function, helping to protect critical cloud, identity, endpoint and network environments across a complex enterprise estate. Working within a collaborative security team, you will play a key role in strengthening security controls across Azure, endpoint, identity and network environments , reducing cyber risk through effective protection, monitoring, remediation and automation. This is an excellent opportunity for a security professional looking to work across modern cloud technologies, security tooling and Zero Trust principles. Key Responsibilities Design, implement and maintain security controls across Microsoft Azure environments. Manage cloud security posture, identifying and remediating vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and compliance issues. Strengthen identity security through Conditional Access, MFA, Privileged Access Management and least-privilege principles . Administer and optimise Microsoft Defender, Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Cortex and Strata security capabilities. Maintain secure endpoint environments through Intune, Entra ID, EDR and MDM technologies. Automate security workflows, reporting, policy deployment and remediation activities using Scripting and APIs. Investigate and respond to security alerts and incidents alongside infrastructure, networking and security operations teams. Contribute to security standards, documentation, operational procedures and continuous improvement initiatives. About the Role This is a senior technical position offering significant autonomy and exposure across SaaS, PaaS and IaaS environments . Acting as a subject matter expert for cloud security technologies, you will work closely with Architecture, Infrastructure, GRC, Project Delivery and third-party suppliers to enhance the organisation's security posture. You'll also have the opportunity to mentor junior colleagues and contribute to the development of security best practice across the wider business. Required Skills & Experience Proven experience in a Cloud Security, Security Engineering or Cyber Security role. Hands-on experience securing Microsoft Azure environments. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Defender, Defender for Cloud, Entra ID and Intune . Experience with CSPM, CNAPP or cloud security tooling . Understanding of Zero Trust architectures and modern identity security controls. Experience working with security monitoring, vulnerability management and incident response processes. Scripting or automation experience using Python, JavaScript, C# or similar . Familiarity with OWASP, ISO27001 and NCSC CAF frameworks. Exposure to Palo Alto Cortex XDR/Cloud Security would be advantageous. Experience of GCP environments is desirable. What's on Offer? Salary between £70,000 - £85,000 Annual bonus Comprehensive benefits package Highly flexible remote-first working model Exposure to modern cloud security technologies and critical infrastructure environments Clear opportunity to influence and improve enterprise-wide security capabilities

C++ Quant Developer - Rates Algo Trading Location: London Compensation: Excellent potential for strong total compensation I am partnering with a leading global investment bank to hire a C++ Quant Developer for its Front Office Rates Algo Trading team in London. You'll work alongside quant traders and researchers to develop high-performance trading systems and implement the strategies that drive the business. The role offers opportunities for greenfield development and ownership from initial design through to production. The opportunity Joining a global team, you'll contribute to core algo trading strategy and platform development, including: Pricing, market-making, hedging and execution logic. High-performance, low-latency C++ development. Market data processing and order entry/exchange connectivity. Testing, production rollout and performance optimisation. Close collaboration with traders and researchers to translate trading requirements into production code. What I'm looking for Strong hands-on C++ development skills within electronic trading. Experience working on trading systems with sub-100-microsecond latency . Experience across at least two of the following: Market data. Core algo trading strategy development, including algorithms or hedging strategies. Order entry and exchange connectivity. The ability to explain technical decisions and work closely with Front Office stakeholders. Ownership of reliable, maintainable production software. Rates experience is preferred, but candidates from equities, FX and other electronic trading backgrounds are welcome. Python and Java are also used within the team, although C++ is the primary requirement for this position. Why consider the role? Direct involvement in algo trading strategy development. Opportunities to build new functionality and influence technical decisions. A collaborative global team with London as its largest hub. Excellent potential for strong total compensation, depending on experience and fit. Apply or contact me at (see below) for a confidential conversation.