Cloud Engineer
AWS Cloud Security Engineer
Location: Farnborough / Erskine / Newcastle, UK (based on convenience)
Contract: 6 months+
Type: Inside IR35
We are looking for an experienced AWS Cloud Security Engineer to support the implementation and security of cloud solutions within an enterprise environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement AWS Cloud Security solutions, with strong hands-on experience across IAM, roles, policies, access controls and security best practices.
- Support secure AWS Landing Zone / multi-account environments, including account onboarding, governance and security controls.
- Develop and maintain AWS CloudFormation templates and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for secure and standardised cloud infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of AWS networking and security, including VPCs, subnets, route tables, Security Groups, NACLs, load balancing and network connectivity.
- Manage AWS operational security services including SSM / Systems Manager, Patch Manager, RDS, Auto Scaling and High Availability.
- Work with cloud administration, security, automation and troubleshooting across Linux/Windows environments, using Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar scripting languages.
- Support cloud service onboarding, including ServiceNow/SNOW Catalog, standard/custom cloud templates, Cloud Checker and Gold Services.
Essential Skills
AWS Cloud Security | IAM | Roles & Policies | AWS Networking | VPC | Security Groups | NACLs | Landing Zone | CloudFormation | IaC | SSM | Patch Manager | RDS | Cloud Administration | Python/Bash/PowerShell
Desirable
ServiceNow / SNOW Catalog | AWS multi-account environments | Cloud governance | Cloud security architecture | AWS cost management
📩 Interested?
If this opportunity is of interest, please share your latest CV, current UK visa/right-to-work status, notice period/availability, current location and expected hourly rate.