Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Lead & Mentor (Remote)

Anson Mccade; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Competitive salary and bonus

Flexible working

Job summary

Anson Mccade is recruiting for a Lead Security Engineer to own security practices across cloud platforms and engineering teams. You will lead testing, threat modelling and secure DevSecOps adoption within a fast-moving digital consultancy.

The role requires hands-on security expertise, mentoring capability, and the ability to influence secure-by-design decisions across multiple teams. Remote-first with UK-wide reach and competitive rewards.

Qualifications

• Strong experience securing web applications and cloud platforms (AWS or Azure).
• Hands‑on experience with manual and automated security testing.
• Strong understanding of secure coding and SDLC practices.
• Experience working within CI/CD and DevSecOps environments.
• Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST, CIS, ISO27001, PCI DSS / GDPR.
• Strong understanding of common attack vectors (e.g. XSS, SQL injection).
• Scripting or programming capability across Linux/Windows environments.
• Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
• Experience mentoring or leading small technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver security testing and engineering activities across platforms.
• Perform and oversee penetration testing, code reviews, and security assessments.
• Develop and implement secure development and testing practices.
• Integrate security tooling into continuous delivery pipelines.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure security is embedded early.
• Lead threat modelling exercises across systems and architectures.
• Support adoption of security frameworks and compliance standards.
• Mentor and develop engineers within the security capability.
• Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and techniques.

Skills

Cloud security

Threat modelling

Penetration testing

Security testing tooling

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Security frameworks (NIST/CIS/ISO27001

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

Tools

Burp Suite

Nessus

Metasploit

Nmap

Kali Linux

Job description

Anson Mccade is recruiting for a Lead Security Engineer to own security practices across cloud platforms and engineering teams. You will lead testing, threat modelling and secure DevSecOps adoption within a fast-moving digital consultancy.

The role requires hands-on security expertise, mentoring capability, and the ability to influence secure-by-design decisions across multiple teams. Remote-first with UK-wide reach and competitive rewards.