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Cloud Security Engineer

Henderson ScottOxfordshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 21 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Shape the future of cloud security in a dynamic hybrid role with a competitive salary and significant growth opportunities. You'll thrive here if you're passionate about AWS, IaC, and automation, eager to build and support cutting-edge security solutions within a collaborative environment. Apply now to make a real impact and advance your career!

Quick Overview

Salary
£50k - £62k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
ShellAWSNew RelicSplunkBashGitHub ActionsPythonTerraform

Job Description

Position Available: Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Oxfordshire (1 day per week in office)

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 + Benefits

Experience needed: Hands-on experience building and supporting cloud security solutions, ideally using AWS, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and Python or Shell Scripting.

About our Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cloud Security Engineer to join a growing security engineering team within a leading global organisation. You will help design, build and maintain security tooling across large-scale cloud environments, while working closely with software and platform engineering teams to ensure security solutions are successfully implemented and adopted.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain secure AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform
  • Develop and support CI/CD pipelines to automate reliable deployments
  • Implement and maintain security tooling across cloud and technology environments
  • Work with software and platform teams to embed security throughout development and deployment processes
  • Create monitoring, logging and alerting solutions to improve security visibility
  • Automate security processes using Python, Shell or similar Scripting languages
  • Troubleshoot technical issues and support the resilience of production systems
  • Produce documentation, runbooks and clear technical guidance

Requirements

  • Practical experience within cloud security, security engineering or DevSecOps.
  • Strong knowledge of AWS or another major cloud platform.
  • Experience using Terraform or a similar Infrastructure as Code tool.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, ideally including GitHub Actions.
  • Scripting experience with Python, Bash or Shell.
  • Experience with security technologies such as SIEM, EDR, DLP, vulnerability-management or code-analysis tools.
  • An understanding of monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, New Relic or Splunk.
  • Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with software, infrastructure or DevOps teams.
  • A genuine interest in cybersecurity and emerging security technologies.

If you'd like to learn more or register your interest, hit apply as we'd love to hear from you!

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