Lead Cloud Security Engineer

Trafigura; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly skilled IT Security Engineer to enhance security measures across AWS environments. This hands-on role requires a deep understanding of core security principles and the ability to code effectively. You will work closely with DevOps teams to ensure security is integrated into all stages of development, guiding developers to address critical security issues. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the organization's security posture while collaborating with a diverse team of experts. If you are passionate about security and eager to drive improvements, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in IT security principles and AWS security.
• Hands-on coding experience is essential for this technical role.

Responsibilities

• Secure AWS environments and manage day-to-day security tasks.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate security into pipelines.

Skills

Core IT security principles

AWS security

Coding ability

Automating security processes

Source code review

Networking

Secrets Management

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Ansible

Basic cryptography

Java

Gitlabs

Azure

Tools

AWS

ECR

ECS

Git

Job description

Main Purpose: This position involves driving improvements for a vital business enabler, necessitating collaboration with developers and
DevOps teams. We're looking for self-starters who are highly motivated to make a positive impact on the global organization by finding solutions to security problems without letting security become a blocker.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

• This is a highly technical role, hands-on, code driven. It is not suitable for people who are primarily operational risk/audit focused, or anyone who can’t code.

Following items are ‘must have’ at a deeply specialist level:

• Core IT security principles

• Securing AWS environments

• Ability to code

• Automating security processes and systems

• Code security - must have knowledge and experience of source code reviews.

Following items are ‘must have’ at a good level of competence:

• Code repositories/management

• AWS

• ECR

• ECS

• Networking

• Users’ management

• Secrets Manager

• CI/CD pipelines

• Python

• Ansible

• CDK

• Lean and understand new technologies.

Following items are acceptable at a basic level of competence:

• Basic cryptography experience.

• Java

• Gitlabs

• Azure

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for securing our AWS environments, you'll take charge of day-to-day security work while planning and implementing long-term strategies.

• Collaborating closely with DevOps teams on ensuring the security of new systems from the start.

• You will work to seamlessly integrate security into both existing and new DevOps pipelines to enhance the security of code produced by various teams and projects.

• You will guide and educate developers on how to fix critical security problems in their code.

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

• CISO, Security Engineering Leads, Head of Infrastructure, Lead Developers, DevOps teams

Reporting Structure:

• Reports to Head of Security Engineering

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce! We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.