Information Security Engineer (GCP)

Arden University; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Aviva pension plan

BUPA Cash Plan

Private medical insurance

Perkbox benefits

Study Arden courses for free

Golden Ticket program

Job summary

Arden University is seeking an IT Security Engineer (GCP) to strengthen our cloud security and AI workload protections. You will implement security controls, design new security technologies, and collaborate with IT teams to ensure seamless integration with existing systems.

Your focus will be securing Arden’s GCP environment, protecting data and models, and aligning telemetry with Microsoft Sentinel for proactive monitoring and response.

Qualifications

• Hands-on security engineering and incident response experience.
• Strong in securing Google Cloud Platform and AI workloads.
• Experience integrating GCP logs with Microsoft Sentinel for IR.
• Familiar with PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials guidelines.
• Knowledge of IAM, SSO, data protection and encryption strategies.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen Arden's information security posture through technical controls.
• Design, configure and administer security tools across GCP and on‑premise.
• Secure Google Cloud Platform environments and agentic AI workloads.
• Integrate GCP telemetry with Microsoft Sentinel for monitoring and IR.

Skills

GCP security

Incident response

Security monitoring

IAM policies

PCI DSS

ISO 27001

Cloud networking

EDR/XDR

SCC familiarity

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Security Command Center

VMware

Hyper‑V

Jenkins

Cloud KMS

Job description

Salary: £58,000 - £70,000 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Head of Cyber and Information Security

Department: IT

This role operates primarily on a remote working arrangement that will require occasional (once per month) into our Coventry head office or an Arden campus. Our working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.

About Arden University:

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education, by leading the thoughtful integration of AI into teaching and learning and equipping our students to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

About our Department:

The Information Security Engineer (GCP) sits within the Cyber & Information Security Team as part of the wider IT Department. This team is crucial in ensuring that the security of all Arden information is world class and ensures that projects can be delivered and the right solutions can be found so that our employees and students can work effectively

Our IT team is made up of around 100 employees with a vast range of skills from Software Development to IT Operations and IT Security. Our IT Department values employee development and we have lots of great examples of employee progression and promotions within the team.

About the Opportunity:

As an IT Security Engineer at Arden University, you will play a key role in strengthening our information security posture by implementing, configuring and administering technical security controls. Working as part of the wider Cyber & Information Security Team, you will help design and implement new security technologies, collaborating closely with IT teams to ensure they integrate effectively with our existing systems and security infrastructure.

A key focus of the role will be securing Arden’s Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment and the agentic AI workloads running within it. You will help protect cloud infrastructure, identities, data, models, agents, tools, APIs, integrations and runtime services, ensuring these environments are secure and resilient. You will also work to integrate GCP-native security controls and telemetry with Arden’s wider security tools, including Microsoft Sentinel SIEM/SOAR, to support a consistent and effective approach to security monitoring and response.

Reporting to the Senior Information Security Engineer, this is an opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of Arden’s security capabilities, working across cloud and AI technologies to help protect our systems, data and digital environment.

About You:

We’re looking for a technically skilled and analytical IT security professional with a meticulous approach to problem-solving and a strong interest in cloud security and AI technologies. You’ll bring hands‑on experience in security engineering and incident response, with particular expertise in securing Google Cloud Platform, protecting AI workloads and integrating security monitoring with wider IT systems.

Essential requirements:

• Strong IT skills across hardware, software, networking, cloud services and security technologies.

• Practical experience configuring, operating and troubleshooting GCP security controls, including Security Command Center (SCC), IAM, service accounts, organisation policies and Cloud Audit Logs.

• Experience securing generative and agentic AI workloads, including managing risks associated with prompt injection, sensitive-data leakage, tool access, autonomous actions and output validation.

• Experience integrating GCP security logs and findings with Microsoft Sentinel SIEM/SOAR to support monitoring, detection, investigation and incident response.

• At least two years’ experience in incident detection, incident response and digital forensics.

• Experience working with recognised security frameworks, such as PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001 or ISO 42001.

• Experience with IP network architectures and technologies, including public and private cloud environments.

• Experience with virtualisation technologies, such as Hyper‑V and VMware.

• Experience managing and maintaining backup services, such as Veeam or similar.

• Comprehensive technical knowledge of operating systems, databases, networks and security technologies.

• In‑depth understanding of security protocols and principles, including antivirus, content filtering, authentication and device encryption.

• Knowledge of security technologies including firewalls, endpoint detection and response (EDR/XDR), DNS, VPN, multi‑factor authentication (MFA) and DDoS mitigation.

• Knowledge of wired and wireless networking technologies, such as Cisco Meraki.

• In‑depth knowledge of GCP security architecture and tools, including VPC Service Controls, Secret Manager, Cloud KMS and Sensitive Data Protection.

• Knowledge of security controls for Vertex AI and agentic AI services, including model protection, agent identities and permissions, tool and API access, data boundaries, logging, monitoring, human approval controls and emergency containment.

Desirable requirements:

• Relevant information security certifications, such as CISSP, CISM or CompTIA Security+.

• Google Cloud professional certification in cloud security, architecture or DevOps, and/or Microsoft Sentinel training.

• Training or experience in AI security, threat modelling, red teaming or secure machine‑learning operations.

• Experience with DevOps practices, automation and CI/CD pipelines, such as Jenkins.

• Experience with AWS services and multi‑cloud security across GCP, Azure and AWS.

• Experience integrating GCP security logs and findings with Microsoft Sentinel to support detection, investigation and automated response.

• Knowledge of emerging Google Cloud security capabilities for agentic AI, including AI Protection in Security Command Center.

• Understanding of ISO 42001, secure AI engineering guidance and AI risk‑management principles.

Why Arden:

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on‑top, and even a Christmas closure!

• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%

• BUPA Cash Plan

• Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)

• Access to Perkbox benefits

• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends

• Plus, other excellent benefits

• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
  

Our Values:

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.

Closing Date:1st November

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:

Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

Sponsorship statement:

Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa, or fulfil the criteria we have for providing sponsorship. However we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.