Cloud Security Engineer

Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Hybrid (On-site 1-2 times per month)
Salary: Up to £75,000 + 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.