AWS Security Engineer

Here at Lucid we are recruiting for an AWS Security Engineer on an initial 3-month contract to lead the remediation of cloud and application vulnerabilities across the AWS estate. You will take ownership of the full vulnerability lifecycle, working closely with Developers, Data Engineers and AWS Security Lead to prioritise risk, implement secure fixes and strengthen cloud security controls., * Own end-to-end remediation of AWS and workload vulnerabilities.

• Validate findings, assess impact and prioritise based on risk.
• Implement fixes across infrastructure, code, containers and serverless.
• Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines and the SDLC.
• Improve and automate vulnerability management processes and reporting.
• Configure and optimise AWS native security tooling (eg Guard Duty, Security Hub, Inspector, Config).
• Produce clear remediation guidance for engineering teams.
• Support incident response and post-remediation validation where required.

• Strong hands-on AWS security expertise (IAM, networking, compute, storage, encryption).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and secure configuration.
• Proven background in DevSecOps and modern CI/CD environments.
• Experience remediating OS/package CVEs, container images and third-party library risks.
• Familiarity with vulnerability scanning and posture management tooling.
• Strong collaboration skills and a delivery-focused, ownership mindset.
• This is a hands-on role suited to a pragmatic security engineer who enjoys working directly with teams to ship secure, resilient cloud solutions at pace.

At Lucid, we celebrate difference and value diverse perspectives, underpinned by our values 'Honesty, Integrity and Pragmatism'. We are proud to provide equal opportunities in line with our Diversity and Inclusion policy and welcome applications from all suitably qualified or experienced people, regardless of personal characteristics. If you have a disability or health condition and seek support throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us via the details below.