AWS Security Cloud Engineer

Nicoll Curtin; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicoll Curtin is recruiting an AWS Cloud Security Operations Engineer to own cloud security, vulnerability management, threat intelligence and incident response across a modern AWS environment in the UK and US. This hands-on role focuses on solving real security problems, not reports, with the Manchester office as the local security presence.

You'll work in a globally distributed cybersecurity team, driving risk remediation and security improvements while embedding security into CI/CD pipelines

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cyber security or cloud security roles.
• Strong AWS security knowledge and risk remediation experience.
• Experience with vulnerability management and incident response.
• Experience with SIEM and EDR platforms.
• IaC with Terraform or similar tooling.

Responsibilities

• Drive vulnerability management across cloud infrastructure, applications and networks.
• Identify, prioritise and remediate security risks.
• Research emerging threats and translate intelligence into actionable security improvements.
• Lead and coordinate incident response activities.
• Manage and improve AWS security controls and cloud security posture.
• Work with SIEM, EDR and monitoring platforms to enhance threat detection capabilities.
• Partner with engineering teams to embed security into cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Acting as the local security presence within the Manchester office.

Skills

AWS Security

Vulnerability Management

Incident Response

SIEM

EDR

CI/CD Security

Networking Fundamentals

Windows Fundamentals

Tools

Terraform

CloudTrail

Elastic

CrowdStrike

Job description

We're supporting a high-growth technology business that delivers mission-critical software used by law enforcement and emergency services across the UK and US.

As an AWS Cloud Security Operations Engineer, you'll become a key part of a global cybersecurity team, taking ownership of cloud security, vulnerability management, threat intelligence and incident response across a modern AWS environment. This is a genuinely hands-on security engineering position for someone who enjoys solving real security problems rather than writing reports about them.

What You'll Be Doing

• -Driving vulnerability management across cloud infrastructure, applications and networks
• -Identifying, prioritising and remediating security risks
• -Researching emerging threats and translating intelligence into actionable security improvements
• -Leading and coordinating incident response activities
• -Managing and improving AWS security controls and cloud security posture
• -Working with SIEM, EDR and monitoring platforms to enhance threat detection capabilities
• -Partnering with engineering teams to embed security into cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines
• -Acting as the local security presence within the Manchester office

What We're Looking For

• -5+ years within Cyber Security, Cloud Security or Security Engineering
• -Strong AWS security knowledge
• -Experience with vulnerability management and threat remediation
• -Exposure to incident response and security operations
• -Experience with SIEM and EDR platforms
• -Cloud infrastructure experience using Terraform or Infrastructure as Code
• -Knowledge of Cyber Essentials, ISO27001 or similar frameworks
• -Windows and networking fundamentals

Nice To Have

• -AWS Security certifications
• -Terraform, Kubernetes or cloud automation experience
• -CloudTrail, Elastic, CrowdStrike or similar technologies
• -Experience securing cloud-native platforms

What's In It For You?

• -High-impact security work protecting critical public-sector services
• -International cybersecurity team
• -Equity participation
• -Private healthcare and pension
• -Genuine opportunity to influence security strategy and engineering standards

Applicants must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC) and NPPV3 clearance.