Security Platform Engineer

Title: Security Platform Engineers x3

Salary: Up to £80,000 + up to 30% bonus + 18% pension

Contract: Permanent – Hybrid (1 day/week in Paddington, London)

Sector: Retail & E-commerce

We’re helping a household UK brand build a new Security Platform Team. We’re hiring three hands-on engineers who can advise on PaaS/SaaS security (with occasional implementation), learn new platforms quickly, and explain them clearly to wider tech teams.

What you’ll do

• Advise on identity & trust: least privilege, zero-trust, SSO/OIDC/SAML/JWT, RBAC/ABAC/PBAC across Microsoft/Entra & Azure, Google/Workspace and Atlassian (Jira/Confluence).
• Improve API & database security patterns and baselines (incl. MongoDB Atlas).
• Build light automation with Terraform (IaC) and Python/Bash to codify baselines and checks; add lightweight controls into CI/CD (e.g. GitHub Actions).
• Run access/config reviews, document guardrails/standards, and share knowledge with product, platform and data teams.
• Consider threats (DDoS, brute force, exfiltration, spoofing) and recommend pragmatic mitigations.
• Where needed, get hands-on to implement or harden services and landing zones (e.g. Atlas).

What you’ll bring

• Solid platform/IAM security principles and experience advising engineers/stakeholders.
• Practical Terraform and scripting (Python/Bash) to automate repeatable security tasks.
• Working knowledge of API security (gateway policies, authN/Z, token handling) and database security (roles/RBAC, network, backups, encryption).
• Ability to learn new services fast and explain them simply; clear, concise communication.

Nice to have (each role will cover different strengths)

• MongoDB/Atlas security and reference architectures/landing zones.
• Atlassian Cloud hardening (Jira/Confluence), Google Workspace security, Proofpoint (email security).
• Azure guardrails (Entra/Conditional Access, Azure Policy/PaC), Kubernetes context for platform integrations.
• Experience integrating CNAPP/CSPM or SIEM/SOAR signals into advisory workflows.

Why join

• Shape a green-field Security Platform capability with real impact across dozens of teams.
• Modern stack, supportive culture, funded training/certifications and clear progression.
• Competitive package: up to £80k base, 30% bonus, 18% pension.

Click “Apply” now or for further details, please contact Matthew@infosecpeople.co.uk