SC Cleared Cloud Security Engineer - Remote UK

Pab Staffing Solutions Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 77,000 - 101,000; Part time

Job summary

Pab Staffing Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced SC Cleared Cloud Security Engineer to join a hands-on cloud security team. You will implement security controls directly in cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, not just advise.

The role is UK-based, fully remote, up to 12 months, outside IR35, with up to £480/day rate and Active UK SC Clearance required. You will deploy secure AWS infrastructure using Terraform and contribute to security tooling in pipelines.

Qualifications

• Active UK SC Clearance required at mobilisation.
• Strong hands-on AWS engineering experience focused on cloud security.
• Proficient with Terraform, reusable module design and state management.
• Hands-on Python and TypeScript experience.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, including security tooling in pipelines.
• Experience implementing security controls as code.

Responsibilities

• Define and deploy AWS infrastructure using Terraform with security controls.
• Implement and maintain preventative and detective AWS security guardrails (IAM, networking, encryption, logging).
• Integrate security testing into GitHub Actions pipelines (SAST, dependency, IaC, secrets).
• Triage and address security findings from CI/CD tooling.
• Implement secrets and key management per policies.
• Develop Python and TypeScript automation to support vulnerability management and evidence collection.
• Produce security control evidence for CAF or GovAssure.
• Maintain technical docs and sprint artefacts in Confluence and Jira.

Skills

AWS engineering

Terraform (IaC)

Python

TypeScript

GitHub Actions security tooling

Security controls as code

CI/CD security integration

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

AWS

Job description

Pab Staffing Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced SC Cleared Cloud Security Engineer to join a hands-on cloud security team. You will implement security controls directly in cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, not just advise.

The role is UK-based, fully remote, up to 12 months, outside IR35, with up to £480/day rate and Active UK SC Clearance required. You will deploy secure AWS infrastructure using Terraform and contribute to security tooling in pipelines.