Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Summary: Required for a fully remote contract, a Senior Cloud Security Engineer is sought to enhance and automate the security infrastructure at scale. The role involves designing secure IAM solutions and building reliable tooling for cloud environments. Candidates should have significant experience in cloud security and software development, particularly in Python or Java. The position emphasizes a proactive approach to reducing risks associated with cloud identity and access management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Constantly improving and automating the security posture of the cloud infrastructure.
• Support the building of secure infrastructure at scale.
• Design and develop secure IAM solutions for AI agents & humans, workloads, adhering to the principle of least privilege.
• Build reliable tooling to increase the visibility of cloud environments and remediate security misconfigurations.

Key Skills:

• Good cloud infrastructure security experience and passion for reducing risks in cloud identity and access management.
• Experience with threat modelling, security design reviews, and security architecture.
• At least 5+ years of experience working with security in at least one public cloud platform, preferably GCP.
• Development experience and ability to write reliable software in Python and/or Java.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Required for a fully remote contract, a Senior Cloud Security Engineer experienced in automating security infrastructure at scale.

Role:

- Constantly improving and automating the security posture of the cloud infrastructure.
- Support the building of secure infrastructure at scale.
- Design and develop secure IAM solutions for AI agents & humans, workloads, adhering to the principle of least privilege.
- Build reliable tooling to increase the visibility of cloud environments and remediate security misconfigurations.

Experience:

- Good cloud infrastructure security experience and are passionate about reducing risks in the cloud identity (workloads, humans, AI agents) and access management space.
- Experience with threat modelling, security design reviews, and security architecture.
- At least 5+ years of experience from working with security in at least one public cloud platform, preferably GCP.
- Development experience and can write reliable software in Python and/or Java.

To arrange a Teams-based interview, please email your CV in the first instance to: (see below)

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