Lead Cloud Security Engineer

Lead Cloud Security EngineerBristol£95,000 + great benefitsAn impressive financial services business is looking to hire a Lead Cloud Security Engineerto 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 Engineerwill be part of this journey and have great technical exposure and the ability to rapidly progress. Working closely in one of transformation projects, the successful Lead Cloud Security Engineerwill 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 teamLead Cloud Security Engineer - Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe successful Lead Cloud Security Engineerwill have responsibilities covering:Team LeadershipSupport the existing team, providing mentoring and fostering a collaborative team environmentDefine the team priorities in alignment with both the business and ad the security team objectives, taking a pragmatic approach when these seem to be out of synchConduct performance reviews and upskill the existing team member sStrategic Security OversightAct as the SME and for security in network design whilst enforcing best practices at software and platform levelEnsure that continuous improvement is happening in the security practices by developing and or refining policiesSecure Design and Architecture GuidanceEnsure that security requirement input is provided across the programme to ensure that the new technology is secure by designSupport 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 cycleSecurity RequirementsEstablish full, comprehensive AWS network configurations ensuring that these align with various org policiesSupport wider teams with security advice and guidance in both a verbal and written formatLead delivery of hands on security engineering solutions when neededLead Cloud Security Engineer - Your BackgroundThe ideal Lead Cloud Security Engineerwill have:Experience in a similar role, in both responsibility and scaleStrong AWS experienceProven experience in securing network architectures and running ang performing security assessmentsRelevant professional certifications for example:CISSPCISMAWS Security CertsStrong understanding of network security controls and network security defenceHands on history with Firewalls, VPNs and other network security toolsWe 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