Cloud Security Engineer

Vanguard; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard seeks a Cloud Security Engineer in Manchester to design and evolve cloud-native cybersecurity platforms across the stack, from the database to the CDN. The role is permanent with a Hybrid work setup, joining a team delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions.

The successful candidate will implement MFA, zero-trust principles, manage IAM and encryption, and collaborate with product owners to drive secure deployment practices while continuously improving security tooling and processes.

Qualifications

• Experience designing secure cloud platforms and IAM architectures.
• Ability to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve cloud-native cybersecurity platforms across the stack, from the database to the CDN.
• Implement MFA, passkeys, and zero-trust principles and develop defenses against account takeover and fraud.
• Integrate with leading identity providers (Auth0, Transmit, Ping).
• Optimize cloud systems for performance, resilience, and efficiency.
• Partner with Product owner to deliver strategic, technically sound solutions.
• Drive technical excellence through standards, tooling, and ownership of deployments and operations from development through production.

Skills

Cloud security expertise

Excellent communication

Agile experience

Growth mindset

Tools

CloudFormation

CDK

Terraform

Auth0

Ping

Transmit

Job description

Cloud Security Engineer Location: Manchester Role Type: Permanent Work Setup: Hybrid

What you'll do:

• Design and evolve cloud-native cybersecurity platforms across every layer of the stack, from the database through to the CDN
• Implement advanced authentication with MFA, passkeys, and zero-trust principles and develop defenses against account takeover and fraud
• Integrate with leading identity providers (Auth0, Transmit, Ping)
• Optimize cloud systems for performance, resilience, and efficiency
• Partner with Product owner to deliver strategic, technically sound solutions
• Drive technical excellence through standards, tooling, and ownership of deployments and operations from development through production

What you bring:

• Strong cloud expertise, preferably AWS, with IaC using CloudFormation, CDK, and Terraform
• Solid REST API knowledge and cloud security fundamentals (IAM, networking, encryption)
• Excellent communicator, able to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Knowledge of agile methodologies, with Scrum experience preferred
• Continuous learner with a growth mindset

We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent.