
Hays
Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £65,000 - 65,000 per year
Requirements:- Strong knowledge of cloud security across modern environments
- Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience with attack methodologies and security testing
- Experience across penetration testing (application and network), AppSec, wireless security and vulnerability management
- Experience implementing and managing security controls, such as DLP, patching, RBAC, PAM, AV, DDoS mitigation, web proxy, and vulnerability management
- Understanding of Information Security principles, frameworks and regulatory requirements, such as ISO27001, FCA, PRA and ICO
- Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and build/integration tools, such as Maven, Jenkins, Chef and TFS
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and impacts to non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to work both alone and collaboratively within a team
- Provide expert security guidance and hands-on engineering support across the business to embed effective security practices
- Own and champion our cloud security toolsets, acting as the subject matter expert and providing high-quality second-line support
- Strengthen and evolve the configuration of security tooling across our cloud environments and contribute to wider Information Security initiatives and projects
- Proactively monitor security systems and tools, lead the response to security incidents and issues, and support investigations and incident response, including on-call participation when required
- Communicate clearly and confidently with technical and non-technical audiences, influencing stakeholders and supporting informed decision-making
- Create and maintain clear technical documentation for system configurations, procedures, and operational processes
- Partner closely with architecture teams to support the design and delivery of new Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our Information Security posture by staying current with emerging threats, trends, and industry best practice
- Cloud
- Support
- Jenkins
- Maven
- Network
- OWASP
- RBAC
- Security
- Web
More:
We are a leading, global and well-respected financial services company. We are growing our cyber security team and can offer strong progression opportunities and support throughout your career. This is a permanent Cloud Security Engineer role based in Bournemouth with hybrid working, typically requiring two days per week in the office. The package includes a salary of up to £65k, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, up to 6% employer pension contribution matching your contribution, a bonus scheme and PMI.
last updated 33 week of 2026
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IT
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£65,000
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£75,000
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This salary is 13% below the UK median for Senior roles (£75,000/yr).
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