Cyber Security Engineer

Lead Cyber Security Engineer

Location: Sheffield, UK (Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite Mandatory)
Rate: £450-£500 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract: 31th August 2027

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to join a global Cybersecurity Science & Analytics team responsible for developing next-generation cybersecurity and data analytics capabilities.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer with expertise in Azure Cloud, Data Engineering, Platform Engineering and DevOps to help build and maintain large-scale cloud data platforms that support advanced cybersecurity analytics.

Working within a collaborative team of cybersecurity specialists, data engineers and cloud professionals, you will design, develop and optimise secure data pipelines, cloud infrastructure and analytics platforms using modern cloud-native technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable Azure-based data pipelines.

• Build and optimise ETL processes for large-scale cybersecurity datasets.

• Develop automated data ingestion and provisioning solutions.

• Engineer cloud infrastructure following Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.

• Support production environments, platform operations and continuous improvements.

• Build Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and automation tooling.

• Develop solutions using Azure services including Data Factory, Databricks and Data Lake.

• Improve platform reliability, scalability, security and cloud cost optimisation.

• Work closely with engineering teams to onboard new enterprise data sources.

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

We're looking for candidates with experience across several of the following technologies:

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Microsoft Azure

• Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)

• Azure Data Factory

• Azure Databricks

• Azure Data Lake

• Azure Storage

• Azure Functions

• Azure Monitor

• Azure Logic Apps

• Kubernetes

• Azure DevOps

Programming & Automation

• Python

• PowerShell

• Bash

• Terraform

• SQL

• Kusto Query Language (KQL)

• GitHub

• CI/CD Pipelines

Data Engineering

• ETL Pipeline Development

• Data Integration

• Data Modelling

• Data Warehousing

• Cloud Data Pipelines

• Data Cleansing & Transformation

• Real Time Data Processing

Infrastructure & Platforms

• Linux (Red Hat preferred)

• Apache/Nginx

• Elasticsearch

• Grafana

• Prometheus

• Cosmos DB

• Kafka or Azure Event Hubs

Desirable Experience

• SIEM or SOAR platforms

• Cybersecurity Analytics

• Azure Security

• Financial Services or other highly regulated environments

• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, CIS or OWASP

About You

You'll be an experienced Cloud, Platform or Data Engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and continuously learning new technologies.

You'll have experience designing cloud-native solutions, automating infrastructure and building reliable, scalable data platforms while working within agile engineering teams.

Previous experience in cybersecurity is advantageous but not essential.

What's on Offer

• £450-£500 per day (Inside IR35)

• Hybrid working (3 days per week onsite in Sheffield)

• Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale cloud and cybersecurity platforms

• Exposure to modern Azure technologies and large-scale data engineering

• Collaborative engineering environment with excellent long-term contract potential

If you're interested in learning more or would like to discuss the opportunity in confidence, we'd love to hear from you.