Senior Security Engineer

Checkatrade

. Security Engineering & Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of highly available, scalable security controls and services across a multi-cloud environment.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Security Engineering and Operations, with a focus on AI-driven security solutions and multi-cloud environments. Proficient in implementing scalable security controls, incident response, and tooling automation to enhance security posture.

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Security EngineeringIncident ResponseAI-Driven Security SolutionsMulti-Cloud SecurityInfrastructure-as-Code

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Hard Skills

Security OperationsIncident ResponseAI PatternsMachine LearningNetworkingPlatform EngineeringInfrastructure-as-CodeSecurity Tooling LifecycleTechnical Security ReviewsCloud Security

Soft Skills

Systems ThinkingAdaptabilityResilienceCollaborationProblem-Solving

Industry Keywords

Multi-Cloud EnvironmentSecurity ControlsThreat DetectionAutomationPrinciple of Least Privilege

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Security Engineering & Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of highly available, scalable security controls and services across a multi-cloud environment.
Security Operations & Incident Response: Mature and lead detection, analysis, and containment capabilities, driving post-incident remediation and preventative measures.
AI-Driven Security Transformation: Spearhead the evaluation, prototyping, and deployment of agentic AI patterns to automate security tasks, enhance threat detection, and transform engineering throughput. Build and refine AI agents to augment the security team’s capabilities.
Tooling & Automation Mastery: Take ownership of the security tooling lifecycle, from evaluation and deployment to configuration and continuous maturity across infrastructure.
Secure Onboarding & Assurance: Perform technical deep-dive security reviews for new applications, development stacks, and infrastructure changes, enforcing the principle of least privilege.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A seasoned practitioner: With demonstrable, hands-on experience across Security Operations, Incident Response, and Security Engineering.
An AI-forward builder: With a strong technical perspective on how agentic patterns, machine learning, and human-in-the-loop design can transform security engineering practices, alongside a genuine passion for building AI-powered security solutions.
A systems thinker and standardiser: Applying a holistic, system-level approach to security challenges, standardising processes and technology where it adds maximum value while enabling autonomy for development teams.
A technical doer and transformer: Comfortable working directly with code and infrastructure, eager to learn new technologies, and committed to challenging the status quo to drive meaningful change.
Resilient and adaptable: Thriving in high-intensity, demanding environments where expectations are high and pace is fast.
Cloud-agnostic: Bringing extensive experience securing complex, distributed multi-cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
Technically deep in networking and infrastructure: With strong exposure to modern networking, platform engineering, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary + annual bonus
Employee Share Program
Health, well-being and learning support
Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme
Birthday/Special day leave
Buy & sell holiday scheme
1 week’s paid charity leave and much more!