Job Title: Terraform & Sentinel Engineer (Contract)
Location: Remote (Occasional travel to London or Edinburgh)
Rate: up to £600 per day
Contract Length: 3-6 months
Start Date: May 2025 (Interviews ASAP)
Clearance: Must be eligible for vetting (UK residents only - process takes ~2 weeks)

Overview:

We are seeking a Terraform & Sentinel Engineer to join a high-performing squad within a leading financial services organisation. This is a fully remote role with occasional office travel to either London or Edinburgh, working closely with internal engineering and security teams to deliver security-focused Sentinel policies that integrate directly into the organisation's Terraform workflows.

This role fills a current gap in capability for the Sentinel piece and will be crucial in shifting security left within the CI/CD pipeline.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement 20 new Sentinel policies focused on enhancing existing corrective config rules.

• Use the existing Testing Framework to validate policy behaviour.

• Collaborate with the internal team via Agile ceremonies (Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives).

• Demo and document policies for internal teams to ensure transparency and continuity.

• Release policies for internal customers using the established advisory/mandatory tagging process in Terraform workspaces.

• Develop clear developer and customer documentation.

• Deliver live demonstrations to internal teams and stakeholders, facilitating hands-on adoption and feedback sessions.

• Potential involvement in supporting the setup and configuration of AWS Security Lake.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong expertise in Terraform and HashiCorp Sentinel (must-have).

• Proficient in Python and comfortable working with GitLab.

• Experience working in Agile environments, capable of self-organising within a squad structure.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for demoing and documentation.

• Financial services industry experience is essential.

Nice to Have:

• Exposure to AWS Security Lake or similar cloud-native security tools.

• Experience working in highly regulated environments.

• Ability to translate complex technical solutions into easy-to-understand demonstrations and documentation.

Additional Information:

• This is an Inside IR35 contract role.

• Vetting is required (we will organise - process typically takes 2 weeks for UK residents).

• Flexible, remote working environment with occasional travel to either London or Edinburgh.

• Interviews will be held immediately, with a May 2025 start date.