Cyber Security Engineer

At a glance:

Location: Cambridge

In‑office expectation: 2 days per week initially

Employment type: Permanent

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

Why this role exists: Security at Redgate is a hands‑on 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 that's only becoming more critical as systems scale, data regulations increase, and AI adoption accelerates.

Why join our security team?

Broad, meaningful scope - Working across our cloud & physical infrastructure, alongside our development teams and ISO27001-aligned information security group, you'll 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, you’ll:

Design, build, and operate security controls across infrastructure and applications

Investigate issues hands‑on, 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

Hands‑on security engineering or security operations experience

Strong IAM knowledge at protocol level (OAuth 2.0, SAML, OIDC) - you’ve 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 third‑party risk assessments

Practical vulnerability management experience – you're 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 non‑technical audiences

What We Offer

Salary range: £60,000 - £70,000

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 don’t use AI or automated tools to assess applications. Every profile is read by one of our Talent Partners.

You’ll hear back within a few days – whether it’s a next step or a no, we aim to respond promptly so you’re not left wondering.

Our interview process is straightforward and consistent – you’ll find more detail on our typical hiring process below, so you know what’s coming and why.

Belonging at Redgate

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