Cyber Security Engineer in Slough

Location: London, Manchester, Birmingham

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Specialist

Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and the candidate being granted a level of security clearance which typically requires 5 years continuous UK address history, usually including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK, and a declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

Our Engineering practice is a growing community of industry leading experts, covering Security Engineering, DevOps, Software Engineering and Quality Engineering. The Engineering practice prides itself on quality development practices and solving highly complex client problems whilst also providing a safe environment for engineering talent to grow and learn within the organisation.

As part of our Security Engineering team, you will be exposed to the latest technologies in a mixture of environments ranging from cloud, on-premises and hybrid as well as direct experience with security tooling for incident detection, response and threat intelligence.

We are seeking a Security Engineer to join our team and play a key role in safeguarding client systems, applications and data. You will be tasked with designing, implementing, and maintaining security solutions whilst proactively identifying risk and enforcing compliance with common security standards. The ideal candidate has strong technical expertise, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for staying ahead of the evolving threat landscape.

Key responsibilities of the role are summarised below:

• Design, implement, and manage security tools, systems, and processes to protect infrastructure, applications, and data.
• Partnering with other engineering and security teams to embed security best practices.
• Automation to support security tooling like SIEM tooling log ingestion.
• Firewall and network management within hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
• Develop and maintain security policies, standards and procedures.
• Conduct security assessments in the form of infrastructure reviews using assessment tooling such as CIS benchmarks.

Desirable Attributes:

The successful candidate should have experience in some of the following areas:

• Core concepts of cyber security and platform engineering such as networking, Cloud security, CI/CD pipelines, virtualisation, and IaC.
• Software development skills using Linux or WSL.
• SIEM and log routing experience in tools such as Splunk, Sentinel, Cribl, and ELK.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, and GCP services.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience with IDS/IPS solutions, vulnerability management, and endpoint security.
• Familiarity with AI hardening techniques.
• Experience in working within SOC teams.
• Familiarity with IaC technologies (CloudFormation, Terraform, Bicep).

Note: This role may require on-call availability for high priority incidents. Please note there is additional compensation for this and the frequency is client-dependent.

Don’t worry if you don’t tick every box – we’d still love to hear from you! If you’re excited about the role and think you could make a difference, please get in touch.

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days of vacation per year, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first-class services we are known for.