Cloud Security Engineer — Hybrid, Flexible Hours, Training

Hackajob Ltd; Holbeck; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days holiday

Private medical and dental insurance

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work

Job summary

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence in Leeds seeks a Cloud Security Engineer to design, build and secure cloud-native SOC capabilities. You will develop and deploy cloud infrastructure using IaC and design secure AWS architectures aligned with compliance needs.

You will implement security monitoring, alerting and automated responses, integrating SIEM tools such as Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk. The role emphasizes DevSecOps, collaboration and ongoing learning with hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proficient in cloud security engineering and AWS services.
• Experience with IAM, least-privilege access, and cloud security best practices.
• Knowledge of SIEM platforms, monitoring and threat detection.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps and CI/CD security controls.
• Hands-on IaC with Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and secure cloud-native SOC capabilities.
• Develop and deploy IaC for secure cloud infrastructure.
• Implement secure AWS architectures meeting compliance needs.
• Build security monitoring, alerting and automated response.
• Integrate cloud platforms with SIEM tools like Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk.
• Promote security best practices across engineering teams.
• Support incident response, threat hunting and security enhancements.
• Develop reusable patterns and automation for consistency.

Skills

Python

Bash

Go

IAM

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Cloud

Security

AI interest

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CloudWatch

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

Terraform (IaC)

Job description

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence in Leeds seeks a Cloud Security Engineer to design, build and secure cloud-native SOC capabilities. You will develop and deploy cloud infrastructure using IaC and design secure AWS architectures aligned with compliance needs.

You will implement security monitoring, alerting and automated responses, integrating SIEM tools such as Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk. The role emphasizes DevSecOps, collaboration and ongoing learning with hybrid working arrangements.