Staff SecOps Engineer

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Staff SecOps Engineer in the United Kingdom.

This is a high-impact senior security engineering role focused on safeguarding and scaling the security posture of a cutting-edge cloud-based platform enabling the transition to clean energy. You will operate at the intersection of security, infrastructure, and platform engineering, ensuring end-to-end protection across distributed systems and cloud environments. The role involves both strategic design and hands-on execution, from incident response to building and evolving SecOps tooling. You will work in a highly technical, engineering-driven environment where functional programming, automation, and scalable systems design are strongly valued. As a senior contributor, you will influence security architecture decisions and shape operational best practices across engineering teams. This position is ideal for a proactive security expert who thrives in fast-moving, mission-driven environments with real-world impact.

Accountabilities:

• Lead incident response and detection activities, ensuring rapid identification, containment, and resolution of security threats across cloud and platform environments.
• Design, architect, and continuously evolve the SecOps platform to improve resilience, observability, and threat mitigation capabilities.
• Conduct hypothesis-driven threat hunting and operationalize threat intelligence to proactively identify vulnerabilities and emerging risks.
• Evaluate and guide cloud infrastructure security strategy, ensuring alignment with best practices and organizational requirements.
• Develop, promote, and embed security best practices across software engineering teams, including automation of secure development processes.
• Strengthen infrastructure security through the use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and secure-by-design principles.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and platform teams to ensure secure system design across all stages of development and deployment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience across DevOps, SecOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering, including at least 4 years with a dedicated focus on SecOps.
• Strong offensive security background, such as red teaming, penetration testing, or purple teaming experience.
• Deep expertise in cloud security, particularly within AWS environments.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and network security principles.
• Solid Linux systems administration and troubleshooting experience in production environments.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Ruby for automation and tooling.
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code tools and practices.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to assess complex systems and security risks.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to drive security awareness across engineering teams.
• A proactive, self-directed approach with the ability to manage priorities independently in fast-paced environments.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and employee stock options, enabling participation in company growth.
• Private medical insurance coverage.
• Wellbeing and lifestyle support benefits.
• Pension scheme with employer contributions.
• Annual learning and development budget with dedicated training days.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and workplace nursery support.
• Mental health and wellbeing platform access.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policies.
• 25 days of annual leave plus UK bank holidays.
• Fully remote working within the UK, with optional access to a London office.
• Flexible working hours to support work-life balance.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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