Cloud Security Engineer

Hays plc
Manchester, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
£ 161K

Job location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Security
Cloud Engineering
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Identity and Access Management
Cloud Services
Data Logging
Google Cloud Platform
Load Balancing
Cloud Monitoring
Firewalls (Computer Science)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Kubernetes
Terraform
Docker

Job description

In this position, the Security Cloud Engineer will help drive the evolution of the organisation's cloud security platforms, influencing product direction and enhancing automation across escalations, remediations, and threat detection workflows. The role also involves applying CI/CD and DevOps knowledge to practical use cases across diverse business units, delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Enhancing cloud infrastructure in line with strategy and approved budgets
  • Contributing to the design and delivery of cloud services with engineering teams
  • Supporting stakeholders in adopting modern cloud-native application architectures
  • Ensuring cloud environments follow up-to-date security and software life cycle patterns

Requirements

  • Core Cloud Skills

  • Strong experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP

  • Ability to translate HLDs/LLDs into actionable technical designs

  • Strong exposure to CI/CD pipelines and Agile/Scrum delivery

  • Experience with incident, problem, and change management processes

  • Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes

  • Experience with automation tools such as Chef or similar GCP-Specific Track (Desirable)

  • Experience creating Deployment Manager templates or Terraform modules for GCP

  • Knowledge of IAM roles, Service Accounts, Organisation Policies

  • Hands-on experience with Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, Cloud Deploy

  • Understanding of GCP networking: VPC, Firewall Rules, Load Balancing

  • Experience using Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, and Security Command Centre

  • Knowledge of GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) and container orchestration in GCP

About the company

Our client is seeking a highly experienced Cloud Security Engineer to join their organisation on a long-term assignment. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in cloud-native environments, enjoys solving complex real-world problems, and wants to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of cloud security products and automation capabilities.

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