Cloud Security Engineer
Henderson Scott
Cowley · posted 20 August 2026
Salary
£60,000 a year
Location
Cowley, Oxfordshire
Category
Information Technology
Position Available : Cloud Security Engineer
Have you got the right qualifications and skills for this job Find out below, and hit apply to be considered.
Location : Oxfordshire (1 day per week in office)
Salary : £50,000 - £62,000 + Benefits
Experience needed : Experience securing AWS cloud environments with strong knowledge of networking, cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, and security engineering principles. We're looking for someone with solid AWS and networking fundamentals who enjoys solving security challenges.
About our Team
We're looking for a Cloud Security Engineer to join our Security Engineering team, helping to design, implement and continuously improve the security controls that protect large-scale AWS environments.
Working closely with Security Operations, Incident Response, Threat Engineering and Cloud Engineering teams, you'll build and maintain cloud security solutions, improve security automation, and help embed security best practice across the organisation.
This role would suit someone with a strong AWS infrastructure background who enjoys solving security problems and wants to develop their career within Security Engineering.
Responsibilities
Design, implement and maintain security controls across AWS cloud environments
Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
Develop and support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
Deploy, configure and optimise cloud security tooling and monitoring solutions
Improve cloud security posture through automation, logging, alerting and continuous improvement
Work closely with engineering teams to embed security into cloud platforms and application delivery
Support incident response, investigations and remediation activities
Contribute to security-by-design initiatives across cloud infrastructure
Requirements
We're looking for someone who can demonstrate strong commercial experience across AWS cloud infrastructure together with a solid understanding of cloud security fundamentals. xwzovoh
You'll ideally have experience with:
Commercial AWS experience
Strong understanding of AWS networking and infrastructure fundamentals
Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions or similar)
Linux and scripting (Python/Bash)
Docker, ECS, EKS or Kubernetes
Good understanding of cloud security principles, IAM and common web security vulnerabilities
Experience with services such as AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector or WAF would be advantageous.
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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Have you got the right qualifications and skills for this job Find out below, and hit apply to be considered.
Location : Oxfordshire (1 day per week in office)
Salary : £50,000 - £62,000 + Benefits
Experience needed : Experience securing AWS cloud environments with strong knowledge of networking, cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, and security engineering principles. We're looking for someone with solid AWS and networking fundamentals who enjoys solving security challenges.
About our Team
We're looking for a Cloud Security Engineer to join our Security Engineering team, helping to design, implement and continuously improve the security controls that protect large-scale AWS environments.
Working closely with Security Operations, Incident Response, Threat Engineering and Cloud Engineering teams, you'll build and maintain cloud security solutions, improve security automation, and help embed security best practice across the organisation.
This role would suit someone with a strong AWS infrastructure background who enjoys solving security problems and wants to develop their career within Security Engineering.
Responsibilities
Design, implement and maintain security controls across AWS cloud environments
Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
Develop and support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
Deploy, configure and optimise cloud security tooling and monitoring solutions
Improve cloud security posture through automation, logging, alerting and continuous improvement
Work closely with engineering teams to embed security into cloud platforms and application delivery
Support incident response, investigations and remediation activities
Contribute to security-by-design initiatives across cloud infrastructure
Requirements
We're looking for someone who can demonstrate strong commercial experience across AWS cloud infrastructure together with a solid understanding of cloud security fundamentals. xwzovoh
You'll ideally have experience with:
Commercial AWS experience
Strong understanding of AWS networking and infrastructure fundamentals
Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions or similar)
Linux and scripting (Python/Bash)
Docker, ECS, EKS or Kubernetes
Good understanding of cloud security principles, IAM and common web security vulnerabilities
Experience with services such as AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector or WAF would be advantageous.
If you'd like to learn more or register your interest, hit apply as we'd love to hear from you!