ProtekCyber - Cloud Security Engineer
About this role
As a Cloud Security Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the security of client environments across Azure and AWS, supporting everything from infrastructure-as-code deployments to serverless apps and containerised workloads. You’ll work across projects for SMEs, enterprises, and public sector clients — ensuring their cloud environments are secure, compliant, and resilient against modern threats. 24/7 Security Operations 1-5+ Years Experience Hybrid Work Model Join the Frontline of Cyber Defense Help businesses bounce back stronger by delivering fast, decisive, and intelligent incident response Client Interaction & Communication Act as a technical lead during high-pressure client engagements, providing clear updates, calm direction, and confidence throughout. Translate technical threat data into plain-English insights and recommendations. Provide structured situation reports and final incident reports tailored to stakeholder needs. Innovation & Improvement Contribute to the development of in-house tooling, detection logic (YARA, Sigma, Snort), and response playbooks. Share insights with the wider team to inform detection tuning and threat intelligence development. Continuously refine our incident response methodology to reflect evolving threats and client needs. Knowledge Sharing & Collaboration Actively mentor junior team members through shadowing, feedback, and knowledge transfer during live engagements. Deliver internal training sessions and workshops to uplift team capabilities in digital forensics, threat hunting, and incident containment. Contribute to cross-functional retrospectives post-incident to capture lessons learned and drive process improvements. What You’ll Be Doing Architect, implement, and maintain security controls in AWS and Azure across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments. Perform cloud threat modelling, misconfiguration assessments, and risk analysis. Enforce least privilege access by auditing and securing IAM roles, RBAC, and policy configurations. Monitor and tune cloud-native security tools such as AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, and Defender for Cloud. Collaborate with DevOps to embed security into CI/CD pipelines, IaC templates, and application lifecycles. Investigate and respond to cloud-specific incidents, including unauthorised access, data exfiltration attempts, or misconfiguration alerts. Support clients with compliance frameworks like ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, and NIST in cloud environments. Nice to Have Automation skills using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK. Understanding of Zero Trust principles in cloud-native designs. Certifications such as CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, Microsoft SC-100, or CCSP. What We’re Looking For 3+ years’ hands-on experience in cloud security engineering. In-depth expertise with AWS and Azure security services (e.g., IAM, KMS, Security Groups, Sentinel, WAF). Familiarity with network security principles in the cloud — including VPCs, VPNs, Private Link, and segmentation. Strong understanding of serverless security (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions) and Kubernetes/container security. Experience with cloud SIEM integration and monitoring platforms. Ability to translate cloud security risks into practical mitigation strategies. Why ProtekCyber? Get hands-on with real client environments using Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, AWS native tooling, and more. Influence how clients securely adopt the cloud and pass key certifications. Work in a flexible, hybrid setup with dedicated training budgets, cert sponsorships, and real-world impact. Enjoy benefits including private medical insurance, performance-based bonuses, pension, and regular team socials. Apply Now Ready to join our team? Fill out the application form below and we'll get in touch with you.
What this role is, and what else it is called
Employers in the UK advertise this kind of work as Security Engineer, Fire & Security Engineer, Cybersecurity Engineer and Cyber Security Consultant too, so it is worth searching more than one wording. It is a mid-level Cybersecurity role in the UK, advertised as hybrid, splitting time between home and the office.
About hiring at Protekcyber
Protekcyber has 3 other live technology roles on its careers page. Of those, 0% are advertised as fully remote and 100% as hybrid. We have been observing Protekcyber hiring technology staff since July 2026. See all Protekcyber roles, salaries and stack.
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