Security Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Remote
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£210,000 / year
CATEGORY
Technology
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SKILLS

AWS security (IAM, SCPs, GuardDuty, Security Hub) Cloudflare (WAF, Zero Trust, DLP) Endpoint protection (EDR/MDM) Software supply chain security (SLSA, SBOM) SAST/SCA tools (Semgrep, Snyk) Incident response and SIEM Python/Bash scripting IaC security scanning (Checkov, tfsec)

FULL DESCRIPTION

Security Engineer at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is hiring its first dedicated Security Engineer. You will work directly with engineering leadership to build pragmatic, developer-friendly security practices. This is a hands-on role where you will deploy tools, configure controls, harden infrastructure, and close gaps.

What You'll Do

  • Detection, Monitoring & Response: Evaluate and implement SIEM or outsourced SOC, build incident response runbooks and triage workflows.
  • Cloud & Infrastructure Security (AWS + Cloudflare): Scan and harden AWS posture, own Cloudflare configuration, implement IaC scanning, and own CSPM tooling.
  • Endpoint Protection: Deploy and manage endpoint protection across developer systems and production endpoints, define compliance policies.
  • Software Supply Chain: Secure build and release pipelines, consider SLSA framework, stand up dependency vulnerability scanning.
  • Application Security: Integrate SAST and SCA tooling into developer workflows, participate in threat modeling.
  • Identity, Access & Entitlements: Audit IAM, drive SSO consolidation, enforce MFA, implement least-privilege access.

What We're Looking For

  • 3–5 years of hands-on security engineering experience.
  • Track record of implementing security tools and controls.
  • Solid working knowledge of AWS security services (IAM, SCPs, GuardDuty, Security Hub).
  • Hands-on experience with Cloudflare (WAF, Zero Trust, DLP).
  • Experience deploying and managing endpoint protection (EDR/MDM).
  • Familiarity with software supply chain concepts (SBOMs, SLSA).
  • Experience integrating SAST/SCA tools into CI/CD.
  • Comfort with scripting (Python, Bash) for automation.

Why [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

  • First dedicated security hire—build the program from scratch.
  • Product that developers love, making collaboration easier.
  • Small team, short feedback loops, real ownership.
  • Competitive salary, meaningful equity, flexible hybrid environment.

Compensation

$160K – $210K + equity

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