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.

• 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.