Security Cloud Engineer
Posted 2 weeks ago by Square One Resources
£615 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
Manchester, UK
Summary: The Security Cloud Engineer role in Manchester involves leveraging cloud expertise to enhance security software and contribute to product development. The position requires collaboration with engineering teams to design and deliver cloud services while ensuring security compliance. The engineer will also apply knowledge from CI/CD and DevOps processes to address real-world challenges. This is a 6-month contract position inside IR35, starting in February or March 2026.
Key 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 life cycle patterns.
Key Skills:
- Experience working in cloud environments with professional certifications (Azure, AWS, or GCP preferred).
- Experience in translating HLD and LLD into actionable designs.
- Proficiency in Scripting languages: PowerShell, Bash, and Python/Java.
- Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
- Expert understanding of and experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with SIEM tools, Security Controls, and Cloud Security Tooling.
- Experience with incident, problem, and change management processes.
- Experience with Wiz tooling (Wiz Cloud, Wiz Defend).
- Strong container knowledge, particularly in Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with Windows and Red Hat Linux operating systems.
- Experience in automation in an operational environment using Chef or similar tools.
- Experience in creating Deployment Manager templates or Terraform for GCP infrastructure automation.
- Familiarity with IAM roles, Service Accounts, and Organization Policies in GCP.
- Hands-on experience with Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, and Cloud Deploy for CI/CD.
- Knowledge of GCP Networking (VPC, Firewall Rules, Cloud Load Balancing).
- Experience with Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, and Security Command Center for observability and security posture.
- Understanding of GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) and container orchestration in GCP.
Salary (Rate): £615 per day
City: Manchester
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Security Cloud Engineer
Location: Manchester (3 x per week)
Salary/Rate: Up to £615 per day
Start Date: Feb/Mar 2026
Job Type: 6 months (Inside IR35 contract)
Introduction:
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.
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 life cycle patterns.
Standard Technical Skills & Competencies:
* Experience working in cloud environments with professional certifications (Azure, AWS, or GCP preferred).
* Experience in translating HLD and LLD into actionable designs.
* Proficiency in Scripting languages: PowerShell, Bash, and Python/Java.
* Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
* Expert understanding of and experience with CI/CD pipelines.
* Familiarity with SIEM tools, Security Controls, and Cloud Security Tooling.
* Experience with incident, problem, and change management processes.
* Experience with Wiz tooling (Wiz Cloud, Wiz Defend).
* Strong container knowledge, particularly in Docker and Kubernetes.
* Experience with Windows and Red Hat Linux operating systems.
* Experience in automation in an operational environment using Chef or similar tools.
GCP:
* Experience in creating Deployment Manager templates or Terraform for GCP infrastructure automation.
* Familiarity with IAM roles, Service Accounts, and Organization Policies in GCP.
* Hands-on experience with Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, and Cloud Deploy for CI/CD.
* Knowledge of GCP Networking (VPC, Firewall Rules, Cloud Load Balancing).
* Experience with Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, and Security Command Center for observability and security posture.
* Understanding of GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) and container orchestration in GCP.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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