Security Engineer (SRE) – Cloud & Splunk Security Analytics

Sanderson Government and Defence; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 131,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Government and Defence is seeking two Security Engineers (SRE) to join a government-focused consultancy. You will design and implement security controls, lead security analytics with Splunk, and collaborate across SOC, DevSecOps and architecture teams in London-based hybrid roles.

Key requirements include active SC Clearance, experience with cloud security, and a strong background in enterprise security architecture. The role offers a 6–18 month contract with competitive day rates.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance and security-cleared status.
• Strong Splunk experience: monitoring, dashboards, alerting, reporting.
• Experience implementing security controls across cloud, infra and apps.
• Knowledge of enterprise security architecture and secure design.
• Experience with security assessments, audits and risk reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, implement and maintain security controls across platforms.
• Protect systems, networks and data from cyber threats and risks.
• Embed security across SDLC and operation lifecycles with Secure by Design.
• Lead security architecture strategies and standards alignment.
• Develop Splunk monitoring, dashboards and incident use cases.

Skills

SC Clearance

Splunk expertise

Cloud security

Security architecture

Threat modelling

Education

CISSP

CCSP

SABSA

GIAC

AWS Security Specialty

Azure Security Engineer Associate

Tools

Splunk

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

Job description

Sanderson Government and Defence is seeking two Security Engineers (SRE) to join a government-focused consultancy. You will design and implement security controls, lead security analytics with Splunk, and collaborate across SOC, DevSecOps and architecture teams in London-based hybrid roles.

Key requirements include active SC Clearance, experience with cloud security, and a strong background in enterprise security architecture. The role offers a 6–18 month contract with competitive day rates.