Security Engineer

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Security Engineer 60,000 to 80,000 GBPBonus

Onsite WORKING

Location:

Central London, Greater London – United Kingdom Type:
Permanent Cyber Security Engineer – SC Cleared

Location:

London, Manchester or Birmingham Salary:
Up to 80,000 + benefits DOELevel: Specialist Security Clearance:
Active SC clearance required

We’re looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a growing security engineering practice, working on complex client environments across cloud, on-premises and hybrid infrastructure.

This is an opportunity to work with modern security technologies across security engineering, threat detection, incident response, SIEM, cloud security and network security, while working alongside experienced engineering and security specialists.

The Role As a Cyber Security Engineer, you’ll help design, implement and maintain security solutions that protect infrastructure, applications and data. You’ll work closely with engineering and security teams to embed security best practice, automate security processes and proactively identify and mitigate risk.

Your responsibilities will include:

Designing, implementing and managing security tools, systems and processes

Supporting security across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments

Working with engineering and security teams to embed security best practice

Automating security tooling and SIEM log ingestion/routing

Firewall and network security management

Developing and maintaining security policies, standards and procedures

Conducting infrastructure security assessments using tools such as CIS Benchmarks Supporting incident detection, response and threat intelligence activities

Contributing to vulnerability management and endpoint security

Supporting security improvements across complex client environments

What We're Looking For We're interested in engineers with experience across some of the following areas:

Cyber security and platform engineering

Networking and network security

Cloud security – AWS, Azure or GCPCI/CD, Dev Sec Ops  and Infrastructure as Code Linux / WSLSIEM and log management – Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Cribl or ELKPython, Bash or Power Shell scripting IDS/IPS, vulnerability management and endpoint security SOC environments and security monitoring

Terraform, Cloud Formation or BicepAI security or AI hardening techniques

Virtualisation and hybrid infrastructure

You don't need to tick every box. We're particularly interested in technically strong security engineers who enjoy solving complex problems and want to develop their expertise across modern security engineering.

Security Requirements Due to the nature of the work, candidates must:

Hold active SC clearance

Be a sole British national

Be willing to undergo any additional security screening required for the role

What's on Offer?

Salary up to 80,000 DOE and Location Competitive benefits package

Work across complex and technically challenging environments

Exposure to modern cloud, security and engineering technologies

Opportunities to develop across security engineering, cloud, automation and threat detection

Potential additional compensation for on-call requirements where applicable

Closing date: 30 November 2026

If you're an SC-cleared Cyber Security Engineer looking for a role where you can work across cloud, infrastructure, security tooling and threat detection, get in touch to find out more.

Reference: AMC- AQU-SEA Postcode: EC2V 6AA
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