Cloud Security Engineer

Salary: £70,000 – 70,000 per year

Requirements

• We need experience designing and securing Microsoft cloud platforms, including Microsoft Entra, Azure and Microsoft 365.
• We need experience in a similar MSP (Managed Services) environment.
• We need the ability to architect and implement IAM, including Conditional Access, Azure RBAC and secure landing zones aligned to industry best practices.
• We need experience improving cloud security posture through Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel or equivalent SIEM/SOAR tools, and security automation.
• We need Azure infrastructure knowledge, including networking, multi-region architectures, hub-and-spoke topologies and secure cloud foundations.
• We need proficiency with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform, Bicep or similar, and automation using PowerShell and/or Python.
• We need confidence leading customer engagements, translating technical concepts into business outcomes, and contributing to solution design, estimates and pre-sales activities.

Responsibilities

• We will lead the design, implementation and hardening of secure Microsoft cloud environments.
• We will help organisations strengthen their security posture through modern identity, infrastructure and automation.
• We will architect secure cloud platforms across Microsoft Entra, Azure and Microsoft 365.
• We will implement robust identity and access controls.
• We will deliver well‑designed landing zones, networking and RBAC models that provide a strong foundation for enterprise security.
• We will assess customer environments and remediate security gaps.
• We will deploy Microsoft Defender and Sentinel solutions.
• We will build automated, repeatable security controls using Infrastructure as Code and scripting.
• We will lead security engagements from discovery through to delivery.
• We will shape solutions, explain technical decisions and act as a trusted advisor throughout the project lifecycle.
• We will contribute to solution design, estimates and pre‑sales activities.
• We will work closely with internal specialists, managed SOC providers and customer stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable cloud platforms.

Technologies

• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• IAM
• Microsoft 365
• PowerShell
• Python
• REST
• RBAC
• Security
• Terraform
• Office 365

More

We are a growing software and technology business offering a highly technical, customer‑facing Cloud Security Engineer role based in Preston with a hybrid working model of two days a week in the office and the rest from home. We offer a salary of up to £70k, 28 days holiday, pension, healthcare, regular social events, career growth opportunities and paid certifications. We work closely with customers and internal teams to deliver secure, scalable Microsoft cloud environments and provide a supportive environment for professional development.

last updated 29 week of 2026

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