Cloud Security Engineer
Henderson Scott · Oxfordshire
Cloud Security Engineer at Henderson Scott, based in Oxfordshire, paying £55,000 - £65,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.
- Salary
- £55,000 - £65,000 per annum
- Location
- Oxfordshire
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 1 month ago
- Closes
- 3 Oct 2026
- Sector
- Security Officer
About 15% above the going rate for security officer
Reference BBBH140299
About the role
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!
Reference: BBBH140299 · Posted 1 month ago · Closes 3 Oct 2026 · Listed via Henderson Scott
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