Cloud Security Engineer

Senior Cloud Security Engineer – UK Remote – up to £120,000 + bonus + benefits

La Fosse has partnered with a British household retailer to build their Security Engineering team. They are midway through a large-scale digital transformation, with security at the centre. They’re building a new security function from scratch, and this is a chance to join early and help shape how it’s done.

You’ll focus on cloud security, defining strategy and building controls across AWS and Kubernetes environments. You’ll work directly with SRE and platform teams, owning the platform security changes and ensuring best practices are embedded at scale.

• Define and deliver the cloud security strategy across engineering teams.
• Build perimeter security, WAF, DDoS protection and CDN controls.
• Implement and enforce access control baselines (least privilege, segregation of duties).
• Design and maintain AWS security services, encryption and config scanning.
• Develop reusable security standards and guidelines for engineering teams.

• 5+ years’ cloud security experience (AWS focused) with a development/Dev Ops background
• Strong understanding of cloud/application security principles
• Experience with Kubernetes and Service Mesh
• Pragmatic, opinionated, and able to solve problems independently while managing stakeholders effectively