Anson Mccade

Anson Mccade

Newcastle Upon Tyne, London

Security Engineer

Full-Time£75,000 - 75,000 per yearTodayUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Experience in security engineering, cloud security, or platform security
  • Strong understanding of security fundamentals, including networking, cloud security, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and virtualisation
  • Experience with SIEM and log management platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Cribl, or ELK
  • Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP security services
  • Scripting or automation experience using Python, Bash, or PowerShell
  • Experience with vulnerability management, IDS/IPS, and endpoint security
  • Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Experience working within a SOC environment or knowledge of AI security/hardening techniques is advantageous
Responsibilities:
  • Design, implement, and manage security solutions across our client environments
  • Support security tooling for threat detection, incident response, and security monitoring
  • Partner with engineering and security teams to embed secure development practices
  • Automate security processes, including SIEM integrations and log ingestion
  • Support firewall and network security management across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments
  • Develop security policies, standards, and procedures
  • Conduct infrastructure security assessments using tools and frameworks such as CIS benchmarks
  • Help our clients improve their security posture through proactive security engineering
Technologies:
  • AI
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Bash
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • ELK
  • Firewall
  • GCP
  • Support
  • Network
  • PowerShell
  • Python
  • Security
  • Splunk
  • Terraform

More:

We are a leading global technology consultancy growing our Security Engineering practice. Our engineering community brings together specialists across Security Engineering, DevOps, Software Engineering, and Quality Engineering to solve highly complex technology challenges for some of the worlds largest organisations. This is a security engineering opportunity based in London, Manchester, Leeds, or Birmingham, with a salary of £60,000 to £75,000. We offer the chance to work on complex cyber security challenges across enterprise environments, exposure to the latest security technologies across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises platforms, and a collaborative engineering community with strong learning and development opportunities. We also provide access to training, certifications, career progression pathways, and a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

last updated 30 week of 2026

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About Anson Mccade

Anson Mccade

Anson Mccade

Newcastle Upon Tyne

IT

Skills & Technologies

PythonAWSAzureGCPTerraformCI/CDAIDevOpsUI

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£75,000

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