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Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Lead Role
£80,000 - 110,000
MITM Search
Goswell Road 338-346, London
£80,000 - 110,000
Requirements
Must:
- 5+ years in cloud security, DevSecOps, or adjacent roles with hands-on exposure.
- Fluent with Terraform/IaC, ideally having authored, debugged, and reviewed modules at scale.
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or equivalent).
- Experience with threat modeling/architecture risk frameworks (STRIDE, PASTA, or equivalent).
- Experience building or scaling a security program (vulnerability management, maturity roadmap, guardrails).
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP; GCP is a plus but transferable from other clouds.
- Excellent communication skills to explain risks, trade-offs, and decisions under pressure.
Responsibilities
- Review system and application architectures, identify potential risks, and articulate mitigations using structured frameworks (e.g., STRIDE).
- Examine Terraform/IaC code, spot misconfigurations (IAM, network exposure, state handling, secrets), and propose fixes.
- Write scripts or small tools (Python, Bash, etc.) to automate security checks, drift detection, and remediation.
- Build and mature the cloud security program: from vulnerability management and guardrails to monitoring and governance.
- Partner with engineering and platform teams to integrate security into CI/CD, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure changes.
- Help hire and mentor future security engineers as the function scales.
Description
We are a high-growth fintech backed by a major financial group, scaling rapidly and handling billions in assets. As the first dedicated cloud security engineer, you will own much of the technical foundation for securing our infrastructure. We believe that security enables speed; thus, you will work alongside platform, DevOps, and engineering teams to integrate security into every layer. Our target base salary is up to approximately £110,000, plus a performance bonus with multipliers. We offer hybrid working, flexible benefits, and opportunities to shape and lead the cloud security function. Additionally, we provide training, certifications, mentorship, and career ownership. If you thrive in ambiguity, love building scalable solutions, and desire your work to have high visibility, we want you on our team!
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