Cyber Security Engineer

At a glance:

• Location: Cambridge

• Inoffice expectation: 2 days per week initially then once per week

• Employment type: Permanent

• Salary: 60000 - 70000

• Why this role exists: Security at Redgate is a handson engineering discipline. This role exists to design build and operate security controls that protect our people products and customers.

About Redgate

Redgate brings together people who want to do their best work in an environment built on trust accountability and collaboration.

We build solutions that help data professionals securely manage the data and databases that their organizations depend on - a space thats only becoming more critical as systems scale data regulations increase and AI adoption accelerates.

AI at Redgate

By 2028 Redgate will operate as an expert-plus-agent company domain experts amplified by AI delivering customer value at a pace our peers cant match.
AI handles the heavy lifting. Our people control the judgement. Everyone at Redgate works with Claude giving you access to the best AI tools from day one

Why join our security team

• Broad meaningful scope - Working across our cloud & physical infrastructure alongside our development teams and ISO27001-aligned information security group youll be working to bring on new vendors assess risk and fix vulnerabilities.

• Genuinely modern challenges - From AI governance and shadow IT to supply chain risk and secure-by-design engineering tackle relevant problems across a fast-moving global software business.

• A team that grows you - Work in a hands-on team tackling a diverse set of challenges developing your career and investing in your future

About the role

As a Cyber Security Engineer at Redgate youll:

• Design build and operate security controls across infrastructure and applications

• Investigate issues handson sometimes outside office hours when things genuinely matter

• Work closely with engineers and business teams to enable secure delivery

• Work alongside our commercial teams to give our customers the confidence to securely deploy our products

What makes you a great fit

• Handson security engineering or security operations experience

• Strong IAM knowledge at protocol level (OAuth 2.0 SAML OIDC) - youve debugged implementations not just read about it

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (ideally Terraform) and use of automation

• Familiarity with secure SDLC practices version control and peer review

• Experience conducting vendor security reviews and thirdparty risk assessments

• Practical vulnerability management experience youre used to judging the real-world risks not just looking at baseline CVSS scores

• Incident response experience including investigation remediation and root cause analysis Working knowledge of Microsoft Sentinel Defender and KQL

• A background in sys admin or engineering that gives you intuition for how systems actually fail

• A mindset that security exists to enable the business

• Comfortable using AI tools as part of your daily work

• Strong communication skills with both technical and nontechnical audiences

What we offer

• Salary range: 60000 - 70000

• Hybrid working: home and Cambridge office

• Monthly wellbeing allowance and generous paid time off

• Genuine investment in learning development and career progression

• Private health insurance

• Link to full benefits page here

What happens next

• Your application will be reviewed by a person we dont use AI or automated tools to assess applications. Every profile is read by one of our Talent Partners.

• Youll hear back within a few days whether its a next step or a no we aim to respond promptly so youre not left wondering.

• Our interview process is straightforward and consistent youll find more detail on our typical hiring process below so you know whats coming and why.

Belonging at Redgate

We believe that people do their best work in an environment built on respect fairness and trust and that diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes. Redgate is an equal opportunity employer and we make hiring decisions based on skill potential and alignment with our values.

You can read more about how we approach belonging and inclusion at Redgate on our Belonging at Redgate page here.

Required Experience:

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