We are HealthHero, Europe’s largest digital clinic. Join us at a pivotal moment as we scale our digital healthcare platform across Europe — giving you the chance to shape security at the heart of a fast‑growing, AI‑driven business. We are recruiting an exciting Senior Cloud Security Engineer on an initial 12 month fixed term contract, with a view to becoming permanent – based in either our London or Bristol office two days per week.
About The Role
This role will form a fundamental part of a growing Platform Security function, where the team covers application security, cloud security, security operations, culture and risk management. As a tech‑centric organisation the Information Security team will play a critical part in embedding a security‑first mindset into application development and continuous application monitoring. This role will co‑own the cloud security posture and tooling across HealthHero’s AWS and Azure estates and have the opportunity to tackle cloud security with an international scope. The role will be supported by a multidisciplinary force of Infrastructure, Data Governance and Engineering team leads with a security focus as part of their remit. The role has a focus on infrastructure and cloud networking when it comes to security posture.
Responsibilities
DevSecOps & SDLC
- Champion integration of security testing into CI/CD pipelines across all development teams and usage of automated security gates: SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, secrets detection
- Enable self‑serve security tooling for development teams
- Ability to set up development environment
Cloud Security
- Own cloud security posture management using Wiz (or similar CSPM); define and enforce cloud security baselines, guardrails, and policies in AWS
- Implement and maintain IaC security scanning for Terraform
- Manage IAM policies, network segmentation, and secrets management
- Configure and tune SIEM (or similar) for cloud‑focused detection
- Establish logging, monitoring, and alerting requirements based on threat modelling
- Investigate and respond to cloud security events
Risk & Compliance
- Identify, articulate, and elevate security risks to senior leadership with mitigation plans
- Track and remediate vulnerabilities across infrastructure
- Manage customer initiatives related to due diligence when required
- Support and develop annual programme of penetration testing and associated remediations
Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with internal and stakeholder management to support any requirements from the security function – particularly governance and accreditation requirements across different countries
- Provide expertise on emerging threats and vulnerabilities
- Support response to customer/client due diligence requests with timely and accurate information regarding vulnerability exposure
Essential
Key Skills and Experience
- Proven experience in application security, DevSecOps, or cloud security
- Strong understanding of cloud networking
- Experience securing cloud environments (AWS, Azure)
- Ability to read and write IAC (Terraform) code, comfortable with IAC lifecycles
- Familiarity with container security and Kubernetes
- Understanding of secure coding, penetration testing techniques, SIEM, and vulnerability management
- Strong technical skills relevant to Information Security such as secure coding standards, ethical hacking techniques, network security and risk analysis
- Understanding of managing Secure Development Lifecycle and Vulnerability Management
- Understanding and practical experience of ISO27001:2022 controls and audit processes
Desirable
- AWS Security Specialty or similar certification
- Experience in regulated environments (healthcare, financial services)
- Familiarity with NHS DSPT
- Technical knowledge of GDPR and data protection requirements
- Hands‑on with CI/CD security tooling and pipeline integration
- Interest in learning other countries health and security regulations (France / UK / IR / DE)
About Us
HealthHero is Europe’s largest digital health provider, delivering 4 million consultations per year. We exist to simplify healthcare and improve lives by making care feel instant, intelligent and human. We have built a seamless digital clinic that brings body and mind together — from GP appointments and mental health support to long‑term condition management. By sitting behind the world’s leading insurers and employers and supporting public health systems, we make it easier for millions of people to get the care they need, exactly when they need it.
Why us?
- Our values guide us; every day we strive to Simplify, Own, Aspire and Respect (SOAR).
- We are committed to achieving excellence in the delivery of person‑centred care, investing in people, resources and technology to continuously improve the quality of our services and organisational culture.
What We Offer
- A full induction training programme, which will be undertaken via Microsoft Teams
- An opportunity to work as part of an experienced team who are passionate in their field, supportive, diverse and dynamic
- 25 days leave
- Bank Holidays and your birthday off as leave
- Regular 1‑2‑1s with your line Manager
- 24/7 on‑call staff support
- Auto‑enrolment pension scheme
- Health Scheme and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Insurance Scheme
Apply
If you are interested in making a difference and believe this role is a good fit for you, we would love to hear from you. If you have any questions, please contact our Recruitment Team at recruitment-team@healthhero.com
Hybrid
London, Bracknell or Bristol (There is a requirement to work in the office for a minimum of two days per week)
Additional Information
- We reserve the right to close this job in the event we receive a sufficient number of applications
- Please note that we are unfortunately unable to offer a sponsor licence to candidates who require sponsorship from their employer
Equality, Inclusivity and Diversity
In line with our commitment to Equality, Inclusivity and Diversity, we welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates from all backgrounds. We are committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and aim to establish an inclusive working environment. As such, we welcome diverse applications from candidates irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Safeguarding
Please see here for information relating to our commitment to safeguarding.
Great Place to Work
We are proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work, which reflects our commitment to creating a supportive and engaging culture.
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