Security Infrastructure Engineer

Salary: £55,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• 3–5+ years across infrastructure, security or DevSecOps
• AWS, Azure or GCP experience
• Linux administration and system hardening
• IAM, SSO, MFA and privileged access experience
• SIEM, EDR and vulnerability management experience
• TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls and VPNs knowledge
• Terraform, Ansible, Python or Bash experience
• Exposure to Docker/Kubernetes
• Strong troubleshooting and incident investigation skills
• Experience with ISO 27001, NIST or CIS Benchmarks would be useful
• CISSP, CCSP or Security+ certifications are a bonus

Responsibilities:

• Work across a varied infrastructure estate to help keep critical systems secure, resilient and properly maintained
• Provide hands-on 3rd line support across cloud, Linux, IAM, vulnerability management, SIEM/EDR, patching, hardening and incident response
• Take part in infrastructure upgrades, migrations and technology refreshes
• Work alongside infrastructure, networking and application engineers
• Improve how infrastructure is secured and fix problems properly

Technologies:

• AWS
• Ansible
• Azure
• Bash
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• Docker
• GCP
• IAM
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Python
• Security
• TCP/IP
• Terraform

More:

Standard 8 is working with a highly technical organisation operating in the UK space sector, and we are looking for a Security Infrastructure Engineer to join our growing technology team. This is a hands-on role across a varied infrastructure estate, with the added attraction of working in an industry where the technology is genuinely interesting.

last updated 36 week of 2026