Cloud Security Engineer

Job Title:Cloud Security Engineer
Location: Knutsford 3x a week
Salary/Rate: Up to £716 daily
Start Date: 10/08/26
Job Type: Initial 3 month contract Inside IR35

Company Introduction
As an experienced Security professional, you will be utilised to drive the future security of our cloud platforms. You will play a key role in working as part of a global team reviewing and evaluating cloud services from major cloud providers, identifying potential threats, and developing mitigations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Review and identify security challenges with cloud platform services
• Design, develop and deliver security controls for cloud platforms
• Work alongside infrastructure engineers to contribute to the design and delivery of cloud services.
• Act as security SME for cloud services

Standard Technical Skills & Competencies:

• Experience working in enterprise cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience building cloud infrastructure and using cloud IaC tooling (Terraform, Cloudformation, BICEP)
• Experience in threat modelling, security reviews and testing.
• Proficiency in Scripting languages: PowerShell, Bash, Python and behaviour-driven design
• Strong familiarity with security standards, security controls, and cloud security tooling.
• Experience with incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Experience with CSPM/SSPM tooling and use
• Container knowledge, particularly in Kubernetes.
• Experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience with IaC policy-as-code security tools - Terraform Sentinel, Wiz, etc.
• Strong understanding of cryptography, modern authentication and authorization mechanisms, networking, and enterprise security architectures.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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