Cloud Security Engineer: DevSecOps, AWS & Kubernetes

La Fosse; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse is exclusively partnering with a high-growth tech business in the UK for a Cloud Security Engineer. This role is vital in embedding security in a modern cloud-native environment, ensuring the integrity of AI-driven platforms. Applicants need proven cloud security engineering experience, strong AWS skills, and knowledge of DevSecOps. It offers a chance to shape security measures at a foundational level within a supportive engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Cloud Security / Security Engineering / Infrastructure Security roles.
• Strong expertise in AWS security services and cloud-native security principles.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar).
• Solid knowledge of Kubernetes and container security.
• Experience implementing identity and access management (SSO, OAuth, etc.).
• Understanding of network security and secure architecture principles.
• Experience embedding security into SDLC / DevSecOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Embedding security-by-design across cloud infrastructure and engineering platforms.
• Driving security-as-code across infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Owning and enhancing cloud security posture across AWS.
• Securing container ecosystems with policies and enforcement.
• Implementing policy-as-code frameworks for security standards.
• Building security observability and metrics to assess risk.
• Collaborating cross-functionally to drive security culture and best practices.

Skills

Cloud Security

AWS security services

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Kubernetes security

Identity and Access Management

Network Security

DevSecOps

Job description

La Fosse is exclusively partnering with a high-growth tech business in the UK for a Cloud Security Engineer. This role is vital in embedding security in a modern cloud-native environment, ensuring the integrity of AI-driven platforms. Applicants need proven cloud security engineering experience, strong AWS skills, and knowledge of DevSecOps. It offers a chance to shape security measures at a foundational level within a supportive engineering culture.