Security Cloud Engineer

Job DescriptionRole Title: Security Cloud Engineer
Duration: 6 Months
Location: 2/3 days in Knutsford
Rate: £640 - Umbrella only
Would you like to join a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation?
Our client is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms.
Role purpose / summary
As an experienced Cloud Engineer your expertise will be utilised to drive the future of our cloud security software. You will play a key role in expanding our product roadmap, automating escalations and remediations, and offering insight into potential threats along with their mitigations. You'll also be involved in taking the knowledge you have and gain from our own CI/CD and Devops processes and apply them practically to contribute to and solve real world problems with dynamic business units and functions.
Key Skills/ requirements
Primary Responsibilities
Drive cloud infrastructure enhancements in line with agreed budget and strategy.
Work alongside engineers to contribute to the design and delivery of cloud services.
Support stakeholders in leveraging and adopting the latest cloud native application architectures.
Ensure all architecture and cloud infrastructure accommodates the latest security and software lifecycle patterns.
Technical Skills & Competencies
Experience working in cloud environments (Azure or AWS preferred)
Experience in translating HLD, LLD into AWZ Landing Zone build requirements.
Experience in developing Cloudformation template for deployment of infrastructure in AWS Cloud
Proficiency in scripting languages, Powershell/Bash Shell and Python/Ruby/JAVA/.NET
Experience in carrying out automation in an operational environment using Chef
Experience in integrating ElasticSearch with Application
Experience with Windows as well as Red Hat Linux Operating System
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
A basic understanding of cloud security best practices, Forensics, threat modelling, and offensive techniques.
Expert understanding of and experience with CI/CD pipelines.
Certifications are a plus but not required (Azure AZ900, Google Associate Cloud Sec Engineer, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)
Familiarity with SIEM tools and Security Controls and Tooling
Desirable:
Previous experience in the financial sector
Bachelor's degree (or higher) in a related discipline
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
ISO27001
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!