Security Platform Engineer, Google Cloud Public Sector

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in London or Wiltshire seeks a security engineer for private cloud SecOps. You will deploy and operate cloud security tooling, drive hardening, and work with Incident Response and Platform teams to maintain secure deployments.

Requirements include 5+ years in security/OSINT, strong Kubernetes security skills, IaC/GitOps with Terraform/Helm/ArgoCD, and active DV clearance or ability to obtain. This is an on-site role with a rotating on-call schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/InfoSec or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of security engineering or related platform experience.
• IaC/GitOps experience and cloud-native security orchestration.
• Kubernetes security and container orchestration experience.
• Scripting in Python or Go for security tooling and PoCs.
• DV UK security clearance or ability to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and manage cloud security tools including SIEM, IDS/IPS, CWPP.
• Develop and implement security monitoring and logging strategies.
• Investigate and analyse security incidents, determine root causes, containment and remediation.
• Perform forensic analysis to identify suspicious activity.
• Automate security tasks and workflows to improve efficiency.

Skills

Security engineering

Kubernetes security

Python

Go

OSCP / OSEP / OSCE / GXPN

DV UK security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, a related field

Tools

Terraform

Helm

ArgoCD

Job description

Must be a British citizen to meet compliance and security clearance requirements. Office location can either be a satellite site in Wiltshire, or London. This is an on-site position, requiring a standard five day per week schedule in the office

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in security engineering, offensive security (Red Team/Purple Team), or platform engineering roles.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps (e.g., Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD) and cloud-native security orchestration.
• Experience with Kubernetes security (e.g., workload isolation, RBAC, network policies) and container orchestration.
• Experience in scripting and development languages (e.g., Python, Go) for building custom security tooling, automation, and exploit Proof-of-Concept (PoCs).
• Active, or the ability to obtain, a Developed Vetting (DV) UK security clearance.

Preferred qualifications

• Advanced offensive security certifications (e.g., OSCP, OSEP, OSCE, GXPN).
• Experience in conducting full-scope Red Team engagements and Purple Team exercises in cloud-native environments.
• Experience developing custom exploits, adversary emulation scenarios, or security automation frameworks for internal testing.
• Knowledge of cloud-native logging, monitoring, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) integration for detecting sophisticated adversary tactics.
• Understanding of Kubernetes attack surfaces, including container escapes, privilege escalation, and lateral movement techniques.
• Current and active UK Developed Vetting (DV) Security Clearance.

About the job

As a part of the UK Security Operations (SecOps) team in the company Public Sector, you will deliver, operate and secure private cloud services. Your aim is to provide the flexibility, reliability, and scalability of public cloud for customers with exceptionally high security requirements that can only be met in a private cloud environment. You will deliver and operate these private cloud deployments for the most critical customers, helping scale, secure and maintain the deployment whilst working closely with the company product teams to continually improve our technology.

In this engineering-centric role, you will require deep technical expertise in cloud environments, Kubernetes security, and platform automation. You will work closely with Incident Response, Platform Engineering and Security Architects to ensure that security validation and defensive hardening are seamlessly integrated into infrastructure and operational workflows. Your role will require participation in a rotating on-call schedule outside of core business hours and over the weekend to ensure security incidents and critical operations can be supported.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and manage cloud security platform tools and technologies, including Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), and Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP).
• Develop and implement security monitoring and logging strategies.
• Investigate and analyse security incidents, including identifying root causes, determining the scope of impact, and taking appropriate containment and remediation actions.
• Perform forensic analysis to identify and investigate suspicious activity.
• Automate security tasks and workflows to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

The company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also the company's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.