Cloud Security Engineer
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FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to work for our client within the Retail sector. This is initially a 6 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Leeds.
Our client is seeking Cloud Security Engineer, This role provides cloud security engineering expertise across AWS, GCP, and OCI, supporting the retailer's shift away from datacentres toward cloud-native and SaaS services. The engineer will design guardrails, improve security controls, and support DevSecOps uplift across CI/CD pipelines. Responsibilities:
- Provide cloud security consultancy and guidance to engineering and product teams.
- Define and implement guardrails, policies, and secure configurations across AWS/GCP/OCI.
- Support the uplift of DevSecOps practices and secure deployment pipelines.
- Review cloud designs, architectures, and deployments for risk.
- Support posture management (CSPM) across multi-cloud environments.
- Assist in the migration of legacy COTS applications into cloud or platform patterns.
- Work closely with platform and networking teams on resilience and security integration.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Terraform?, * Strong technical knowledge of AWS and/or GCP security services.
- Understanding of cloud network security, IAM controls, encryption, and logging.
- Familiarity with CSPM tooling and cloud benchmarks (CIS/NIST).
- Understanding of CI/CD principles and secure pipeline patterns.
- Ability to support large legacy estates moving to cloud.
Desirable:
- Experience with Terraform or IaC patterns.
- Experience with containers (EKS/GKE) and serverless security.
- Knowledge of SonarQube or similar static analysis tooling.
- Experience supporting large monolithic or COTS migrations.