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Senior Cloud Security Engineer
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Cloud Security Engineer
Permanent - £50k-£65k + benefits
Location: Hybrid - Bournemouth
Your new company:
A leading financial services company are currently looking for a Cloud Security Engineer. The organisation is global, and well respected in their industry. You'll be a part of a growing cyber security team, and you'll be supported throughout your career there, with strong progression opportunities available.
The role responsibilities:
- Provide expert security guidance and hands-on engineering support, working closely with teams across the business to embed effective security practices and ensure the environments are well managed and resilient.
- From strengthening controls to supporting security operations and responding to emerging risks, you'll help drive a proactive, always-on approach to protecting what matters most.
- Own and champion the Cloud Security toolsets, acting as the subject matter expert and providing high-quality second-line support.
- Strengthen and evolve the configuration of security tooling across the cloud environments, contributing to wider Information Security initiatives and projects.
- Proactively monitor security systems and tools, leading the response to security incidents and issues; support investigations and incident response, including participation in an on-call security rota when required.
- Communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non-technical audiences, influencing stakeholders and driving informed decision-making.
- Create and maintain clear technical documentation for system configurations, procedures, and operational processes.
- Partner closely with architecture teams to support the design and delivery of new Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities.
- Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of the Information Security posture, staying current with emerging threats, trends, and industry best practice.
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You will need:
- Strong knowledge of cloud security across modern environments.
- Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience with attack methodologies and security testing.
- Experience across penetration testing (application and network), AppSec, wireless security, and vulnerability management.
- Experience implementing and managing security controls (e.g., DLP, patching, RBAC, PAM, AV, DDoS mitigation, web proxy, vulnerability management).
- Understanding of Information Security principles, frameworks, and regulatory requirements (e.g., ISO27001, FCA, PRA, ICO).
- Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and build/integration tools (e.g., Maven, Jenkins, Chef, TFS).
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and impacts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work both alone and collaboratively within a team.
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What you'll get in return:
- This role is available for hybrid working with a typical requirement to work 2 days per week in the Bournemouth office.
- Good salary, up to the £65k mark.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Up to 6% pension employers' contribution - matching your contribution up to 6%.
- Bonus scheme.
- PMI.
- And more!
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