Cloud Security Engineer

Barclay Simpson; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

Barclay Simpson is seeking a Cloud Security (Azure) Engineer in central London to ensure the Azure estate is secure, monitored, and compliant. You will deliver security integration projects, provide technical guidance to cloud teams, and automate controls using Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Entra ID.

Visa sponsorship is not available. The role requires strong security engineering skills, hands-on Azure experience, scripting ability, and familiarity with Wiz.

Qualifications

• Solid security engineering background in cloud environments.
• Hands-on Azure experience with relevant certifications (e.g., AZ-500).
• Strong scripting skills and automation mindset.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud security integration projects alongside BAU activities.
• Build and enhance Azure security services (Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Policy, Entra ID, Monitor).
• Automate security controls and compliance checks; develop playbooks and policies.
• Improve Azure logging within the SIEM (Sentinel).

Skills

Azure security

Scripting

Security engineering

Defender for Cloud

Tools

Sentinel

Azure Policy

Entra ID

Job description

This leading multinational organisation currently has an opportunity for a Cloud Security (Azure) Engineer to join its established security engineering division.

In this role, you will ensure the company’s Azure estate is built securely, remains secure, and generates the right security telemetry so risks and incidents are identified and addressed quickly.

The role will see you delivering cloud security integration projects alongside BAU activities, as well as providing technical guidance to cloud engineering teams. Specific responsibilities include building and enhancing Azure security services such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure Policy, Entra ID (Azure AD), and Azure Monitor, automating security controls and compliance checks, developing playbooks, policies and technical processes and improving Azure logging within the SIEM (Sentinel).

The successful candidate will have strong security engineering skills, hands-on Azure experience (ideally supported by relevant certifications such as AZ-500) and solid scripting skills. Knowledge of Wiz will be beneficial.

You will be expected in the central London office 1-day per week. The salary is £70–80k base + bonus. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.