Security Engineer in Ipswich

Security Engineer in Ipswich

Ipswich Full-Time 90000 - 100000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Grand Arcade

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Design and implement secure Azure cloud services for a leading financial corporation.
  • Company: Reputable financial corporation with a focus on cloud security.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, 30 days holiday, and medical cover.
  • Other info: Visa sponsorship available; excellent career growth opportunities.
  • Why this job: Join a dynamic team and shape the future of cloud security in finance.
  • Qualifications: Experience in cloud security and infrastructure, preferably with Microsoft Azure.

The predicted salary is between 90000 - 100000 £ per year.

  • Overview
  • Cloud
  • Security

Engineer: A reputable financial corporation seeking a Cloud Security Engineer with recent on-premises to cloud transformation experience within a security team.

The role focuses on designing and implementing the client’s new technology estate, with emphasis on security design principles across cloud, storage, networking and RBAC, plus monitoring, alerting and incident response.

Hybrid working arrangement (3 days per week in the office) with locations in Chatham or Wolverhampton.

Visa sponsorship is considered on an individual basis.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with scoping, design and build of secure Azure cloud services to support the Modernisation programme and deliver a scalable, flexible cloud security capability to support and facilitate the client’s new ecosystem.
  • Collaborate with the Design & Delivery Lead to define and deliver high-level and low-level security objectives and designs for projects or programmes, aligned to business and functional requirements.
  • Work with teams to implement secure systems and solutions through the application of regulations, policies, standards and procedures to meet user needs while managing business and security risks.
  • Develop, test, and deliver Security Policy as Code for a variety of Public Cloud compute services and container platforms, leveraging native services.
  • Understand industry-standard controls (e. g., CIS, NIST, GDPR, ISO, CSA CCM, MCSB) to deliver compliant solutions through appropriate adoption, configuration and management of key controls.
  • Lead discussions and design decisions to deliver scalable and manageable cloud solutions aligned to security, performance, operational and cost constraints.
  • Demonstrate proven experience in migrating and integrating cloud foundation services and security in an enterprise environment, preferably on MS Azure.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in Cloud Infrastructure Engineering/Platform Engineer/Security Engineer roles, migrating and integrating cloud foundation services (preferably Microsoft Azure).
  • Proven experience implementing secure core foundational services in a cloud infrastructure (e. g., AD, Sec Dev Ops, Networking Services) at an enterprise level.
  • Proven experience with core security services of cloud providers (preferably Azure or AWS equivalents such as Defender for Cloud, Azure Sentinel, App Gateway and APIM, Azure Identity Protection, PIM).
  • Proven experience provisioning Security Policy as Code (Ia C) using tools such as Terraform, Cloud Formation and adopting secure coding practices and guidelines.
  • Advanced understanding of scripting languages (e. g., Python, Groovy, Go).
  • Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate certification or AWS equivalent.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available where applicable.
  • Salary: £90,000 – £100,000 per year with up to 25% bonus.
  • Hybrid/work-from-home options and flexible working arrangements.
  • 30 days holiday.
  • Medical cover, life cover, pension (employer contribution up to 8%).
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Grand Arcade

Contact Details:

Grand Arcade Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Security Engineer in Ipswich

Cloud Security Engineering
Azure Cloud Services
Security Design Principles
RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
Monitoring and Alerting
Incident Response
Security Policy as Code