Cloud Security Engineer

Harnham
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10 months ago
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Cloud Security Engineer - Financial Services

We're seeking a skilledCloud Security Engineerto support a financial services client with the secure design, implementation, and monitoring of cloud environments, ensuring alignment with regulatory and industry standards.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement cloud security controls across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP environments.

  • Conduct cloud security assessments, risk reviews, and remediation planning.

  • Support compliance with financial regulations (FCA, PRA, DORA) and frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, CIS).

  • Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) security, workload protection, and CI/CD pipeline hardening.

  • Develop and enforce policies for identity and access management, encryption, logging, and monitoring.

  • Collaborate with DevOps, architecture, and security teams to embed secure-by-design practices.

  • Support incident response, threat detection, and cloud-specific vulnerability management.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years in cybersecurity, with 2+ years focused on cloud security engineering.

  • Strong experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP security services and best practices.

  • Solid understanding of cloud-native security tooling (e.g., GuardDuty, Azure Defender, GCP SCC).

  • Experience supporting regulated environments, ideally within financial services.

  • Familiar with compliance and cloud governance frameworks (e.g., CSA CCM, NIST 800-53, ISO 27017).

  • Proficiency with IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD security.

  • Certifications such as CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, AZ-500, or GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer are a plus.

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