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# Senior AWS Cloud Security Engineer

- **Company:** RWE
- **Location:** Cheltenham, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £58,000.0 - £98,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, User Authentication, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Configuration Management, Code Review, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Log Analysis, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, Information Technology, CIS Benchmarks, Terraform, Devsecops, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5878316775

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience securing and operating AWS environments at scale, with a solid understanding of AWS security architecture, shared responsibility principles and cloud-native security controls.
 * Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps principles and security automation.
 * Knowledge of SSDLC practices and threat modelling.
 * Ability to review cloud architectures and technical designs from a security perspective.
 * Understanding of authentication and authorization patterns.
 * Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate security requirements into clear guidance for application teams.
 * Curiosity and continuous learning mindset, including interest in AI-assisted security operations, intelligent automation, and responsible use of emerging technologies.
 * Experience in governing large multi-account AWS environments.
 * Relevant professional certifications such as AWS Certified Security - Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect, CISSP, CCSP or comparable qualifications.
 * Experience with AWS security services and platform capabilities.
 * Familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as CIS Benchmarks, NIST, ISO 27001 or AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar.
 * Experience working in a regulated, financial, energy or other business-critical technology environment.
 * Experience applying AI-assisted tools safely for code review, vulnerability triage, log analysis, anomaly detection, documentation, or security automation.
 * Academic degree in cyber security, computer science, or a comparable field.
 * Proficiency in spoken and written German.

## Description

* Design, implement, and improve security controls for AWS platform services.
 * Translate security requirements into reusable platform patterns, guardrails and operational controls that teams can adopt consistently.
 * Review AWS architectures, permissions, configuration settings and deployment approaches to identify weaknesses and recommend pragmatic remediations.
 * Implement and improve AWS security monitoring, logging and alerting to detect misconfigurations, suspicious activity, and potential security incidents.
 * Support incident response readiness by improving observability, evidence collection, recovery documentation, and operational playbooks for AWS platform services.
 * Work closely with application teams, platform engineers and security stakeholders to embed security from the start.
 * Help secure, evolve and operate the AWS platform that teams across our organization rely on to build and run business-critical applications.
 * Identify and remediate risks, integrate security controls into the platform, improve vulnerability and configuration management, and help shape secure cloud practices.

Technologies:

 * AI
 * AWS
 * Architect
 * CI/CD
 * Cloud
 * DevSecOps
 * Support
 * Security
 * Terraform
 * DevOps


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