Cyber Security Engineer

Overview

As a Cyber Security Engineer, you will design, implement and improve security controls across cloud, hybrid and on-prem environments. You will work with engineering and security teams to embed best practices and enforce standards, while strengthening protection for infrastructure, applications and data. You’ll contribute to threat detection, incident response and vulnerability management, staying ahead of evolving cyber risks. This role offers hands-on security engineering at scale, with exposure to modern tooling and IaC-driven deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and manage cyber security tools, technologies and processes that protect infrastructure, applications and data
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to embed security best practices across tech environments
• Develop automation to enhance security operations, including SIEM log ingestion and routing
• Support firewall and network security management across cloud, hybrid and on-premises
• Develop, maintain and enhance security policies, standards and procedures
• Conduct infrastructure security assessments using recognised methodologies (e.g., CIS Benchmarks)
• Contribute to vulnerability management, endpoint security, intrusion detection and prevention
• Support security monitoring and incident response activities within SOC environments
• Apply security principles to cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, virtualised environments and IaC
• Identify and mitigate emerging security risks, including AI and modern cloud technologies

Key requirements

• Strong understanding of cyber security and platform engineering principles
• Networking and cloud security across modern environments
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, virtualization and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Proficient in Linux or WSL with scripting capability
• Practical experience with SIEM and log management (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Cribl, ELK)
• Experience with AWS, Azure and/or GCP
• Scripting or programming skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Understanding of IDS/IPS, vulnerability management and endpoint security
• Experience in SOC settings
• Knowledge of AI security and AI hardening techniques
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep

• Collaborative
• Analytical mindset
• Proactive communication
• SIEM/log management: Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Cribl, ELK
• Cloud security: AWS, Azure, GCP
• CI/CD security practices

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