AWS Security Platform Engineer
AWS Security Platform Engineer urgently required to help shape and secure our clients enterprise AWS environment.
This is a key strategic and hands engineering role focused on designing, implementing, and improving AWS-native security controls, guardrails, and cloud security services across a multi-account AWS estate. You’ll work closely with Platform, Cloud, DevOps, and Engineering teams to ensure environments are secure-by-default while still enabling teams to move quickly and efficiently.
What you’ll be doing:
- Designing and operating AWS security services including GuardDuty, Security Hub, IAM, KMS, CloudTrail and WAF
- Building and maintaining AWS Landing Zone guardrails and security controls
- Implementing IAM best practices including least privilege and cross-account access
- Automating security controls using Terraform, CloudFormation, Lambda and CI/CD pipelines
- Monitoring AWS environments for threats, vulnerabilities and misconfigurations
- Embedding security into cloud engineering and deployment pipelines
- Supporting incident response and remediation across AWS workloads
- Producing security standards, patterns and documentation
- Collaborating with Cloud, Platform and DevOps teams to improve security posture
What we’re looking for:
- Strong hands-on AWS security engineering experience
- Experience implementing AWS-native security tooling and controls
- Strong knowledge of IAM, SCPs, permission boundaries and AWS identity patterns
- Experience with AWS Landing Zones and multi-account AWS environments
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation
- Experience embedding security into CI/CD and DevOps workflows
- Ability to automate security processes and controls
- Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and risk mitigation
- Excellent stakeholder communication and collaboration skills
Nice to have:
- AWS Security Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect certifications
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GIAC or Security+
- Experience within enterprise-scale cloud environments
If you’re passionate about AWS security, automation, and building secure-by-default cloud platforms at scale, we’d love to hear from you.