Cloud Security Engineer

Salary: £60,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements

• Proven experience in cloud security operations or SecOps environments
• Hands-on experience with Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Sentinel, and Intune
• Experience remediating Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Defender findings in live environments
• Strong understanding of cloud security posture management and threat detection
• Experience securing Azure environments in regulated or multi-tenant settings
• Ability to communicate security risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Desirable: Microsoft certifications such as SC-200, SC-300, or AZ-500
• Desirable: Experience across multi-cloud environments (AWS or GCP)
• Desirable: Formal background in cyber security, cloud engineering, or similar

Responsibilities

• Operate within a cloud SecOps environment, triaging and prioritising security findings
• Investigate and remediate Microsoft Sentinel incidents, including root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Remediate Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Defender findings in live environments, ensuring no impact to services
• Translate security alerts into clear remediation actions across Azure and M365 environments
• Manage and improve cloud security posture and compliance
• Design, implement, and maintain Azure Policy and policy initiatives, including exemptions and tuning
• Configure and refine Conditional Access policies to strengthen identity security
• Manage Azure RBAC and Entra ID roles, enforcing least-privilege access
• Support Entra ID governance, including access reviews and entitlement management
• Configure and maintain Intune compliance policies and endpoint security controls aligned to Zero Trust principles
• Produce documentation, runbooks, and security standards to support consistent operations
• Stay up to date with security best practices and apply them within the environment

Technologies

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• GCP
• Support
• Microsoft 365
• RBAC
• Security
• Office 365

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We are a growing, security-focused organization investing heavily in our cloud security capability. We are looking for a Cloud Security Engineer to support both our internal platforms and client environments. This role is part of our cloud SecOps function, focused on strengthening security posture and responding to threats. The position offers a competitive salary of £55,000-60,000, with up to 31 days of annual leave and expenses paid. Our working structure is mostly remote, with client visits and the option to work in our Cheltenham office if preferred.

last updated 13 week of 2026