Security Cleared Cyber Security Engineer - Cloud & Infra

Anson McCade Pty; West of England; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Anson McCade Pty is seeking a Security Cleared Cyber Security Engineer to design, implement and improve controls across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will work with engineering and security teams to embed best practices and protect critical systems.

Qualifications include 5+ years in cyber security, active SC clearance, and experience with SIEMs and cloud platforms. You will contribute to security assessments, automation, and incident response in a regulated setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cyber security engineering experience.
• Active UK Security Clearance (SC).
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Knowledge of SIEM: Splunk, Sentinel, or ELK.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Strong networking and infrastructure security understanding.
• Experience in secure or regulated environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing security controls across cloud and on‑premise environments.
• Working closely with engineering and security teams to embed security best practices.
• Managing and improving SIEM platforms, logging pipelines and security monitoring capabilities.
• Supporting incident response activities and security investigations.
• Conducting security assessments, infrastructure reviews and vulnerability remediation.
• Automating security processes using scripting and Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Developing and maintaining security standards, policies and procedures.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of the wider security engineering capability.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud security

Python scripting

Networking security

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

ELK Stack

AWS

Azure

GCP

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Anson McCade Pty is seeking a Security Cleared Cyber Security Engineer to design, implement and improve controls across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will work with engineering and security teams to embed best practices and protect critical systems.

Qualifications include 5+ years in cyber security, active SC clearance, and experience with SIEMs and cloud platforms. You will contribute to security assessments, automation, and incident response in a regulated setting.