Details:
- Salary: £600 - 650 - Day
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: London
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Platform Security Engineer
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???? Rate: Up to £650 per day (Outside IR35)
???? Contract: Initial 3 months with strong extension potential
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An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Platform Security Engineer to join a high-profile Central Government AI programme, supporting the security, resilience and ongoing enhancement of a cloud-based platform.
Working within an agile delivery team, you'll help strengthen the security posture of the platform while improving deployment processes, infrastructure automation and operational visibility.
Key responsibilities
* Enhance the security and resilience of Azure-hosted platforms.
* Improve infrastructure configuration and platform hardening.
* Support the implementation of secure CI/CD pipelines.
* Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
* Increase platform observability, monitoring and operational performance.
* Work closely with engineering and delivery teams to embed security best practice throughout the development lifecycle.
Essential experience
* Strong DevOps or Platform Engineering background.
* Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, including App Services, Azure PostgreSQL, Storage Accounts (Blob Storage) and Azure Container Registry (ACR).
* Experience writing and maintaining Terraform.
* Strong knowledge of GitHub Actions / GitHub CI/CD pipelines.
* Understanding of cloud security principles and secure platform engineering.
* Active SC Clearance