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Retained Recruitment for Security Engineers

Security Engineers build and maintain the technical controls, systems, and architecture that protect an organisation's infrastructure and applications. We find the professionals your team needs through dedicated retained search — not job boards.

Retained Only 21–35 Day Placement 90-Day Guarantee $120,000 – $190,000
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What Does a Security Engineer Do?

Designing and implementing security controls, conducting security architecture reviews, building detection and response tooling, managing vulnerability programmes, conducting security code reviews, implementing cloud security guardrails, and responding to security incidents.

What We Screen For

Hands-on experience with cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure security services), application security fundamentals, scripting skills (Python or Go), and familiarity with security tooling (SIEM, EDR, CSPM). Security certifications (CISSP, CCSP, OSCP) are valued but not substitutes for hands-on experience.

💡 Hiring Insight

Security engineers with both cloud security and application security experience are rare — most specialists are deeper in one area than the other. Define which is the primary need before starting your search.

Typical Compensation
$120,000 – $190,000
Cloud security architects and application security engineers with penetration testing backgrounds command the top of this range.
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Recruiting a Security Engineer — FAQ

Most Security Engineer searches through our retained model are completed within 21 to 35 business days. Security engineers with both cloud security and application security experience are rare — most specialists are deeper in one area than the other. Define which is the primary need before starting your search. We provide a realistic timeline at the start of every engagement.
Hands-on experience with cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure security services), application security fundamentals, scripting skills (Python or Go), and familiarity with security tooling (SIEM, EDR, CSPM). Security certifications (CISSP, CCSP, OSCP) are valued but not substitutes for hands-on experience.
The best Security Engineers are almost always employed and not browsing job boards. Security engineers with both cloud security and application security experience are rare — most specialists are deeper in one area than the other. Define which is the primary need before starting your search. A retained search means one dedicated recruiter works your role exclusively — conducting passive candidate outreach, pre-screening technically, and presenting only candidates who genuinely match your brief.
Every permanent retained placement includes a 90-day guarantee. If the placed professional departs or is released within 90 days for reasons covered under our guarantee terms, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.
Compensation for Security Engineer roles typically ranges from $120,000 – $190,000. Cloud security architects and application security engineers with penetration testing backgrounds command the top of this range. We include real-time compensation benchmarking in every retained search.
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