Title: Cloud Dev Security Operations (DevSecOps) Engineer

Must hold (or be eligible for) SC Clearance.

Cloud Dev Security Operations (DevSecOps) Engineer to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities observed on products hosted on AWS cloud infrastructure.

Location: London UK

This role is ideal for someone with strong technical troubleshooting skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to balance stability with continuous improvement.

This a hybrid role of 40% in the client's London office.

May required weekend working once a month

Immediate joining, min 6 months contract

The candidate must be an expert in AWS cloud services with a strong cloud security background and automation mindset, joining the AWS Dev Security Operations (DevSecOps) team responsible for product security, vulnerability management, and cloud security posture improvement.

The successful candidate will combine hands-on Linux administrative skills, security operations expertise, and the ability to identify, design, and deliver security automation using Scripting, AWS services, and container security tooling. The goal is to move from reactive security remediation to proactive and preventive security operations.

Participation in an on-call rota is required to support business-critical services or high priority incidents.

Skills & Qualifications (Required)

Strong experience in cloud security operations, vulnerability management, or AWS security engineering roles

Proven experience in BAU/IT Operations/Cloud Operations roles.

Strong Linux (RHEL) system administration experience. Solid hands-on knowledge of AWS services including:

EC2, VPC, ELB, RDS, ECS, EFS, EMR, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudTrail, Config, EBS

Experience with ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem Management).

Strong automation skills using Ansible, Scripting (Bash/Python/PowerShell).

Experience working with monitoring and observability tools (Datadog preferred).

Ability to work independently, trouble shoot the incident root case, resolve the customer incident and respond to the impact user via ServiceNow

Ability to communicate technical issues clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and automation.

Willingness to participate in on-call support (rotational).

Exposure to AWS Bedrock, Lambda-based automation, or event-driven architectures.

Hands-on experience with AI/GenAI initiatives in operations, such as:

o AI-assisted incident analysis

o Automated remediation

o Intelligent alerting or chatbot-based ops support