Security Engineer

Overview

Cloud Security Engineer: A reputable financial corporation seeking a Cloud Security Engineer with recent on-premises to cloud transformation experience within a security team. The role focuses on designing and implementing the client’s new technology estate, with emphasis on security design principles across cloud, storage, networking and RBAC, plus monitoring, alerting and incident response. Hybrid working arrangement (3 days per week in the office) with locations in Chatham or Wolverhampton. Visa sponsorship is considered on an individual basis.

Responsibilities

• Assist with scoping, design and build of secure Azure cloud services to support the Modernisation programme and deliver a scalable, flexible cloud security capability to support and facilitate the client’s new ecosystem.
• Collaborate with the Design & Delivery Lead to define and deliver high-level and low-level security objectives and designs for projects or programmes, aligned to business and functional requirements.
• Work with teams to implement secure systems and solutions through the application of regulations, policies, standards and procedures to meet user needs while managing business and security risks.
• Develop, test, and deliver Security Policy as Code for a variety of Public Cloud compute services and container platforms, leveraging native services.
• Understand industry-standard controls (e.g., CIS, NIST, GDPR, ISO, CSA CCM, MCSB) to deliver compliant solutions through appropriate adoption, configuration and management of key controls.
• Lead discussions and design decisions to deliver scalable and manageable cloud solutions aligned to security, performance, operational and cost constraints.
• Demonstrate proven experience in migrating and integrating cloud foundation services and security in an enterprise environment, preferably on MS Azure.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Cloud Infrastructure Engineering/Platform Engineer/Security Engineer roles, migrating and integrating cloud foundation services (preferably Microsoft Azure).
• Proven experience implementing secure core foundational services in a cloud infrastructure (e.g., AD, SecDevOps, Networking Services) at an enterprise level.
• Proven experience with core security services of cloud providers (preferably Azure or AWS equivalents such as Defender for Cloud, Azure Sentinel, AppGateway and APIM, Azure Identity Protection, PIM).
• Proven experience provisioning Security Policy as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation and adopting secure coding practices and guidelines.
• Advanced understanding of scripting languages (e.g., Python, Groovy, Go).
• Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate certification or AWS equivalent.

Benefits

• Visa sponsorship available where applicable.
• Salary: £90,000 – £100,000 per year with up to 25% bonus.
• Hybrid/work-from-home options and flexible working arrangements.
• 30 days holiday.
• Medical cover, life cover, pension (employer contribution up to 8%).

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