Lead Cloud Security Engineer

Lead Cloud Security Engineer Bristol £95,000 + great benefits An impressive financial services business is looking to hire a Lead Cloud Security Engineer to support this team with the risk and remediation activities. This business is going through a big technology transformation programme that is estimated to take 3 -5 years. The successful Lead Cloud Security Engineer will be part of this journey and have great technical exposure and the ability to rapidly progress. Working closely in one of the transformation projects, the successful Lead Cloud Security Engineer will work closely with the wider security and technology teams to define the strategy and roadmap of technology changes moving forward. This is very much a play-manager role with the Lead Cloud Security Engineer being hands on day to day but also providing support and guidance to the other Cloud Security Engineer on the team. Lead Cloud Security Engineer - Duties and Responsibilities The successful Lead Cloud Security Engineer will have responsibilities covering: Team Leadership Support the existing team, providing mentoring and fostering a collaborative team environment. Define the team priorities in alignment with both the business and the security team objectives, taking a pragmatic approach when these seem to be out of sync. Conduct performance reviews and upskill the existing team members. Strategic Security Oversight Act as the SME for security in network design whilst enforcing best practices at software and platform level. Ensure that continuous improvement is happening in the security practices by developing and/or refining policies. Secure Design and Architecture Guidance Ensure that security requirement input is provided across the programme to ensure that the new technology is secure by design. Support the teams to interpret security requirements of the project using various frameworks (NIST, NCSC). Oversee threat modelling sessions to support mitigations for these in the planning cycle. Security Requirements Establish full, comprehensive AWS network configurations ensuring that these align with various org policies. Support wider teams with security advice and guidance in both a verbal and written format. Lead delivery of hands-on security engineering solutions when needed. Lead Cloud Security Engineer - Your Background The ideal Lead Cloud Security Engineer will have: Experience in a similar role, in both responsibility and scale. Strong AWS experience. Proven experience in securing network architectures and running and performing security assessments. Relevant professional certifications for example: CISSP CISM AWS Security Certs Strong understanding of network security controls and network security defense. Hands-on history with Firewalls, VPNs and other network security tools. We invite individuals from underrepresented groups to apply for any of our roles and are committed to supporting accessibility needs. Please click the apply button now or contact Abigail Moss for more information.

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