Senior Cloud & Security Engineer - Hybrid, Terraform & CI/CD

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

30 days annual leave

Enhanced pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee wellbeing schemes

Job summary

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud and Security Engineer to shape and evolve its cloud platform. You will lead secure, scalable infrastructure across AWS and Azure, owning complex platform initiatives from design to handover.

You will design reusable Terraform modules, build secure CI/CD pipelines and implement security controls. Mentoring engineers and driving a cloud-first, cost-conscious strategy are key aspects of the role.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, architecture and security controls.
• Experience designing cloud-native architectures with scalability and cost optimisation.
• Infrastructure as Code experience, especially Terraform or CloudFormation.
• CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or GitHub with automated deployments and security controls.
• Knowledge of AWS networking (VPCs, NAT, private endpoints) and security.
• DevSecOps practices and compliance controls in infrastructure delivery.
• Containerised infrastructure with Docker; scripting in Bash or PowerShell.
• Knowledge of CIS, NIST and ISO security frameworks.
• Ability to assess risks, vulnerabilities and propose security improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and standard deployment patterns.
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines with security controls.
• Implement security controls across cloud platforms and workloads.
• Develop automation to improve reliability and reduce manual work.
• Mentor engineers and promote secure engineering practices.
• Support cloud-first operating model and cost optimisation.

Skills

AWS cloud services

cloud-native architecture

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Docker

Linux/Windows security

security frameworks CIS/NIST/ISO

threat modelling

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitLab

GitHub

Docker

Job description

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud and Security Engineer to shape and evolve its cloud platform. You will lead secure, scalable infrastructure across AWS and Azure, owning complex platform initiatives from design to handover.

You will design reusable Terraform modules, build secure CI/CD pipelines and implement security controls. Mentoring engineers and driving a cloud-first, cost-conscious strategy are key aspects of the role.