Cloud Security Engineer

Cloud Security Engineer Permanent Remote (United Kingdom) Oakwell Hampton are excited to be partnered with a Renewable Energy Tech Company who are seeking an experienced Cloud Security Engineer. You will be joining a newly formed security team within the business. You’ll play a crucial role in securing the cloud environment, integrating security practices, and shaping a culture of security. This is a creative and collaborative position that is a full-time member of an AWS-focused, agile engineering organization. The role will work closely with the development and platform teams to help them follow crucial security principles and industry best practices. If you’re passionate about AWS technologies and driving cloud security, this could be the role for you! The role and responsibilities Setup and maintain monitoring, metrics, and reporting systems for fine-grained security observability of the cloud environment and actionable alerting. Monitor and respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities, and remediate security misconfigurations. Design and implement secure cloud architecture. Implement standards and policies to safeguard workloads and the cloud infrastructure. Collaborate with product teams to integrate security best practices into cloud-based applications. Plan and implement solutions for backup and recovery, high availability, secrets and key management, and other strategic initiatives. Conduct regular security checks and audits, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement. Act as a technical security professional, providing advice and guidance to other team members and the wider business. Help cultivate a strong technical security culture across the organization. Collaborate with external pen-testing companies to help evaluate the security for all aspects of our cloud infrastructure. Work with our delivery teams to ensure our services adhere to the AWS Well-Architected Framework (Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability). Experience A strong technical security background. Multiple years of Security experience, preferably within cloud technologies. AWS certifications are highly welcomed. Competence in incident response planning, vulnerability management, security event management, supported by strong knowledge of tooling and detection techniques. Firm understanding of IAM and RBAC, with an emphasis on applying the Least Privilege principle. Strong experience in implementing and automating security best practices. Experience working with teams around the globe. Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently. Experience working with infrastructure as code tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, and CDK. Nice to haves Foundational networking knowledge, such as switching, firewalls, routing, and DNS. AWS networking knowledge, such as VPCs, Transit Gateways, and how this works in a multi-region environment. Please note: Visa Sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants will need to have the Right to Work in the UK. Interested? Please reply with a copy of your CV for immediate consideration.