Cloud Security EngineerManchester | £620 per day | 3 days onsite 2 days remote | Until 30th July 2026 initially Our client is seeking a highly experienced Cloud Security Engineer to join their organisation on a long-term assignment. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in cloud-native environments, enjoys solving complex real-world problems, and wants to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of cloud security products and automation capabilities. The Role In this position, the Security Cloud Engineer will help drive the evolution of the organisation's cloud security platforms, influencing product direction and enhancing automation across escalations, remediations, and threat detection workflows. The role also involves applying CI/CD and DevOps knowledge to practical use cases across diverse business units, delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions. What You'll Be Doing Enhancing cloud infrastructure in line with strategy and approved budgets Contributing to the design and delivery of cloud services with engineering teams Supporting stakeholders in adopting modern cloud-native application architectures Ensuring cloud environments follow up-to-date security and software lifecycle patterns What We're Looking For Core Cloud Skills Strong experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP Ability to translate HLDs/LLDs into actionable technical designs Strong exposure to CI/CD pipelines and Agile/Scrum delivery Experience with incident, problem, and change management processes Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes Experience with automation tools such as Chef or similar GCP-Specific Track (Desirable) Experience creating Deployment Manager templates or Terraform modules for GCP Knowledge of IAM roles, Service Accounts, Organisation Policies Hands-on experience with Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, Cloud Deploy Understanding of GCP networking: VPC, Firewall Rules, Load Balancing Experience using Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, and Security Command Centre Knowledge of GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) and container orchestration in GCP Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk