Cloud Security Engineer

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Newcastle; Hybrid; AUD 101,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range £52.5k–£64.5k

Equity

Hybrid from Newcastle

Learning budget

Remote-friendly culture

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer in Newcastle to grow their cybersecurity career in a fast-growing startup environment.

You'll design and maintain security controls across cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), build automated detection rules, and help bake security into CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with engineering. Hybrid work from Newcastle with flexible hours.

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on experience securing cloud infrastructure and cloud security controls.
• Proficiency with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and scripting (Terraform/CloudFormation, Python or similar).
• Understanding of CIS/NIST/ISO 27001 frameworks.
• Experience with SIEM tools and incident response processes.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain security controls across cloud environments (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Build and tune automated detection rules to catch misconfigurations and threats.
• Run security reviews on new infrastructure and deployments before go-live.
• Investigate alerts, lead incident response, and document outcomes.
• Collaborate with engineering to bake security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Maintain policies, runbooks, and compliance documentation as the environment grows.

Skills

Cloud security

Cloud providers

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Python scripting

Risk & compliance understanding

SIEM & incident response

Communication of technical risk

Independent working

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

SIEM

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Perfect role for a mid professional looking to grow their Cybersecurity career in Newcastle.

Cloud infrastructure keeps expanding and so does the attack surface that comes with it. A fast-growing cybersecurity startup is looking for a Cloud Security Engineer to help build protection into systems from the ground up, not bolt it on afterwards. This is a company built around a flat structure and genuine ownership, where a Cloud Security Engineer can shape how security actually gets done rather than just following someone else's playbook.

Here’s what you'll be doing:

• Design and maintain security controls across cloud environments (AWS, Azure or GCP), covering IAM, network segmentation and encryption
• Build and tune automated detection rules to catch misconfigurations and threats before they become incidents
• Run security reviews on new infrastructure and application deployments before they go live
• Investigate alerts, lead incident response when things go wrong, and write up what happened afterwards
• Work closely with engineering to bake security into CI/CD pipelines rather than treating it as a final checkbox
• Keep policies, runbooks and compliance documentation current as the environment grows

Here are the skills you'll need:

• Several years' hands-on experience securing cloud infrastructure, with solid knowledge of at least one major provider
• Comfortable with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting (Python or similar)
• Understanding of common frameworks such as CIS benchmarks, NIST or ISO 27001
• Experience with SIEM tools and incident response processes
• Able to explain technical risk to non-technical colleagues without losing the detail that matters
• Comfortable working independently and switching priorities as the business moves

Key perks and benefits:

• Salary of £52,500 to £64,500, depending on experience
• Equity in a company that's actually growing
• Hybrid working from Newcastle, with flexible hours built around how you work best
• A genuine learning and development budget, used however helps you grow
• Remote-friendly culture when you need it

Why pursue a career in Cybersecurity?

Demand for cybersecurity skills isn't slowing down, and cloud security sits right at the centre of it. Newcastle's tech scene has grown a genuine security cluster over the past few years, and a Cloud Security Engineer here isn't short of room to progress into senior or lead positions. Few fields reward sharp, careful people as consistently as this one does.