Staff SecOps Engineer in UK at Jobgether
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Job Description
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.