Security Engineer

Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience in security engineering, infrastructure security, or network security.
• Proven experience with VMware NSX, including micro-segmentation and distributed firewall policies.
• Experience with VMware vDefend or closely related VMware security technologies.
• Strong experience with Palo Alto firewalls.
• Good knowledge of Cisco networking and security.
• Extensive experience securing Windows Server, Active Directory, and Group Policy environments.
• Experience applying CIS Benchmarks or similar hardening standards.
• Knowledge of zero-trust, network segmentation, IAM, encryption, and secure architecture.
• Experience with vulnerability management, SIEM, logging, and incident response.
• Strong TCP/IP networking knowledge, including routing, VPNs, and secure connectivity.
• Experience with Elastic Stack or Elastic Security is highly advantageous.
• Exposure to cloud security, DevSecOps, Linux hardening, container security, or regulated government environments would be useful.
• Active UK government SC clearance is required.
• Candidates must be willing and eligible to undergo Developed Vetting.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain security controls across on-premise VMware infrastructure.
• Lead the configuration and optimisation of VMware NSX, distributed firewall policies, and micro-segmentation.
• Work with VMware vDefend to support zero-trust principles and reduce lateral movement risk.
• Configure and manage Palo Alto next-generation firewalls, including policy creation, threat-prevention profiles, NAT, and VPNs.
• Secure Windows Server, Active Directory, and Group Policy environments in line with recognised security standards.
• Apply CIS Benchmarks, STIGs, and other system-hardening standards.
• Support security monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response using Elastic Stack and Elastic Security.
• Contribute to vulnerability management, root-cause analysis, and remediation activity.
• Support security controls across VMware Cloud Foundation, AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Embed security into operational processes and DevSecOps practices.
• Work closely with engineering teams, vendors, auditors, and internal stakeholders.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Active Directory
• Azure
• Cloud
• Cisco
• DevSecOps
• Firewall
• GCP
• IAM
• Support
• Linux
• NAT
• Network
• Security
• TCP/IP
• VMware
• Windows

More:

We are working with a growing technology business to hire an experienced Security Engineer for a highly secure, regulated environment. This is a genuinely hands-on engineering role focused primarily on securing complex on-premise infrastructure alongside hybrid-cloud environments. It is based in Manchester, with a full-time onsite working pattern of five days per week and occasional UK travel may be required. We offer a salary of £75,000 to £90,000 depending on experience, plus bonus and company benefits. This is an excellent opportunity for a practical Security Engineer to take ownership of meaningful technical work within a high-security environment using modern infrastructure and security technologies.

last updated 35 week of 2026