Cloud Security Engineer

Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Hybrid (On–site 1–2 times per month)
Salary: Up to GBP75,000 + Benefits
Clearance: Must be eligible for SC Clearance

The Opportunity

My client is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to join a growing cyber security function responsible for securing and enhancing enterprise cloud environments. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working across a broad range of cloud security disciplines, driving security improvements, and helping shape security best practices across modern cloud platforms.

The successful candidate will play a key role in identifying security risks, improving security posture, and ensuring cloud technologies are deployed and operated securely across Azure and GCP environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive security improvements across cloud infrastructure and services.
• Monitor, investigate and remediate cloud security risks and vulnerabilities.
• Manage and optimise cloud security tooling, ensuring alerts and findings are effectively interpreted and actioned.
• Administer and enhance Microsoft security technologies, including Microsoft Defender.
• Implement and maintain Conditional Access policies and identity security controls.
• Work closely with infrastructure, cloud and engineering teams to embed security best practices.
• Support security governance, compliance and risk management activities.
• Contribute to incident response and security investigations where required.
• Help develop and improve security standards, procedures and controls.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a Cloud Security, Cyber Security or Security Engineering role.
• Strong hands–on experience with Microsoft Azure security.
• Good understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) security.
• Experience with Microsoft Defender and broader Microsoft security technologies.
• Knowledge of identity and access management, including Conditional Access.
• Experience working with cloud security monitoring and posture management tools.
• Ability to interpret security findings and drive meaningful remediation activities.
• Comfortable operating across a broad range of security responsibilities in a fast–paced environment.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Additional Information

• Hybrid working model with on–site attendance required once or twice per month.
• Remote on–call support will form part of the role, with participation expected within the first six months.
• Typical on–call rota expected to be approximately 1 in 5 / 1 in 6.
• Candidates must be eligible to obtain SC Clearance.

If you are passionate about cloud security and enjoy working in a hands–on role where you can influence security improvements across a complex environment, we would like to hear from you.