Cloud Security Engineer — MDR & Proactive Threat Response

Upwind Security, Inc.; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Upwind is hiring a Security Engineer to join our MDR team as the founding U.K. member of the Security organization. You will own U.K.-hours coverage, perform proactive reviews, and provide advanced guidance to customers while collaborating with analysts, researchers, and engineers.

You will lead investigations across supply chain, API, malware, and runtime attacks, developing playbooks to improve future detection and response while staying current on threats and best practices in cloud security.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years in cloud security or MDR roles.
• Experience with incident response and threat hunting.
• Ability to translate findings into clear customer guidance.

Responsibilities

• Assist in fine-tuning Upwind's detection and response mechanisms.
• Support proactive reviews of customer environments to identify risks, exposed attack surfaces, and recommend improvements.
• Lead and conduct in-depth security investigations, including supply chain, API, malware, and runtime attack scenarios, documenting outcomes and developing playbooks to enhance future detection and response.
• Collaborate with Security Analysts, Research, and Backend teams to enhance detection quality.
• Own the handling of complex or critical incidents escalated from Tier 1/2, including live, high-pressure engagements with customers.
• Participate in recurring customer meetings, helping translate security findings into clear, actionable recommendations, and maintain composure when conversations get tense.
• Stay up to date with emerging threats, attack techniques, attack surfaces, and best practices in cloud security.
• Contribute to the development and training of AI-driven detection models, leveraging machine learning to improve investigation accuracy and response efficiency.

Skills

Cloud security

Incident response

Threat detection

Job description

Upwind is hiring a Security Engineer to join our MDR team as the founding U.K. member of the Security organization. You will own U.K.-hours coverage, perform proactive reviews, and provide advanced guidance to customers while collaborating with analysts, researchers, and engineers.

You will lead investigations across supply chain, API, malware, and runtime attacks, developing playbooks to improve future detection and response while staying current on threats and best practices in cloud security.