GCP Cloud Security Engineer – Banking (12‑Month Contract)

Huxley; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 255,000 - 411,000; Full time

Job summary

Huxley is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer for a 12-month contract in Saudi Arabia. The role emphasizes designing and securing large-scale cloud environments with a banking-sector focus, requiring hands-on GCP experience.

The candidate will design secure cloud architectures, establish guardrails and Zero Trust principles, and collaborate across infrastructure, security, and application teams to improve the organisation's security posture across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

Qualifications

• 6+ years Information Security experience.
• 3+ years Cloud Security experience.
• Hands-on with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) essential.
• Experience securing large-scale cloud environments.
• Strong networking and infrastructure security knowledge.
• Experience with GCP, Azure, and OCI.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure cloud architectures across enterprise environments.
• Develop and maintain cloud security standards, frameworks, and roadmaps.
• Support security initiatives across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises infrastructure.
• Ensure cloud security best practices, guardrails, and Zero Trust principles are embedded.
• Review and optimise cloud-native security services and configurations.
• Design secure network architectures, segmentation, and connectivity solutions.
• Define cloud hardening standards and security baselines.
• Collaborate with infra, security, and application teams to strengthen security posture.

Skills

Information security

Cloud security

GCP

Networking security

Infra security

Tools

GCP

Azure

OCI

Job description

Huxley is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer for a 12-month contract in Saudi Arabia. The role emphasizes designing and securing large-scale cloud environments with a banking-sector focus, requiring hands-on GCP experience.

The candidate will design secure cloud architectures, establish guardrails and Zero Trust principles, and collaborate across infrastructure, security, and application teams to improve the organisation's security posture across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.