Cloud Security Engineer

Hays
Leeds
6 months ago
Applications closed

Related Jobs

View all jobs

AI Security Engineer- security engineering/ cloud security

AWS Security Engineer

AWS Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Security Operations Centre / SOC Team Lead

Your new company
Hays Technology are recruiting a Cloud Security Engineer to join an exciting and growing public sector organisation based nationally. You will be reporting to the Head of Cyber Security & Infrastructure.
Your new role
In your role, you will be supporting the Head of Cyber Security overseeing and strengthening the Cyber Security estate, ensuring all incidents and Service requests are accurately prioritised and managed, whilst supporting the implementation and delivery of the Cyber Security Sub Strategy. You will be understanding, adhering, and implementing changes to ensure compliance requirements are met in relation to ISO27001, Cyber Assessment Framework, Cyber Essentials.
You will be identifying and delivering opportunities for continual improvement of the security operations function and advocating for secure IT architecture, ensuring adherence to security best practices across all technology implementations including operational processes, software development, and infrastructure management. You will be working closely with the external SOC, ensuring contract terms are regularly reviewed, assessed and optimised.
What you'll need to succeed

  • Extensive understanding of Azure, Sentinel, MS Defender, Autopilot and Intune
  • Success in leveraging traditional best practices such as ITIL
  • Experience of identity and access management, and end user device management
  • Experience of delivering against cyber security roadmaps
  • Experience building threat intelligence and horizon scanning tools
  • Strong communication skills
  • This post requires a basic DBS to be passed

What you'll get in return
This exciting position is paying between £48,000 and £51,500 negotiable on experience and offers an excellent work life balance including: remote working, great annual leave allowance, public sector employer contribution pension scheme, flexibility, training, and development opportunities.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

Cyber Security Jobs for Career Switchers in Their 30s, 40s & 50s (UK Reality Check)

If you’re thinking about switching into cyber security in your 30s, 40s or 50s, you’re in good company. Across the UK, organisations of all sizes are hiring people from diverse backgrounds to protect systems, data & customers. But with hype around “hackers” & quick-win courses, it’s hard to separate reality from fiction. This guide gives you a UK reality check: which roles genuinely exist, what employers actually want, how training really works, what to expect on salary & progression & whether age matters. Whether you come from finance, project management, operations, law, HR or customer service, there is a credible route into cyber security if you approach it strategically.

How to Write a Cyber Security Job Ad That Attracts the Right People

Cyber security is now a board-level priority for organisations across the UK. From financial services and healthcare to critical infrastructure, SaaS platforms and the public sector, demand for skilled cyber security professionals continues to grow. Yet despite this demand, many employers struggle to attract the right candidates. Cyber security job adverts often generate large volumes of applications, but few are a genuine match. Meanwhile, experienced security engineers, analysts and architects quietly ignore adverts that feel vague, unrealistic or disconnected from real security work. In most cases, the problem is not a lack of talent — it is the quality of the job advert. Cyber security professionals are trained to assess risk, spot weaknesses and question assumptions. A poorly written job ad signals organisational immaturity and weak security culture. A well-written one signals seriousness, competence and trust. This guide explains how to write a cyber security job ad that attracts the right people, improves applicant quality and positions your organisation as a credible security employer.

Maths for Cyber Security Jobs: The Only Topics You Actually Need (& How to Learn Them)

If you are applying for cyber security jobs in the UK it can feel like “real security people” must be brilliant at maths. The reality is simpler: most roles do not need degree-level pure maths. What they do need is confidence with a small set of practical topics that show up repeatedly in day-to-day work across SOC, incident response, cloud security, AppSec, threat detection, IAM & security engineering. This guide strips the maths down to what actually helps you get hired. It includes a 6-week learning plan plus portfolio projects you can publish to prove the skills. You will focus on: Number systems & bitwise thinking (binary, hex, bytes, XOR) Modular arithmetic basics (enough to understand how modern crypto “works”) Probability & statistics for detection, triage & risk Discrete maths for logic, sets, graphs & complexity Security maths habits: estimation, false positive control & evidence-led reporting You will not waste time on heavy theory that rarely appears in junior or mid-level cyber security roles.