AWS Security Analyst

AWS Security Analyst

Rate: £400 Inside IR35

Duration: 6 months

Location: Hybrid - Bristol limited travel per month

A client of ours is seeking an AWS Security Analyst with proven expertise in securing and managing AWS environments at scale. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing, implementing and maintaining robust AWS security solutions, ensuring compliance, resilience and operational excellence.

• Act as the AWS security subject matter expert, providing guidance and implementing best practices across cloud environments

• Deliver Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions to optimise efficiency, security and scalability

• Provide AWS infrastructure support within a large-scale, complex environment

• Design and enhance CI/CD pipelines to support secure, automated deployments

• Develop and maintain orchestration strategies for seamless, repeatable and compliant deployments

• Conduct proactive security assessments, incident response and remediation activities

• Collaborate with DevOps, Architecture and Compliance teams to ensure continuous security alignment

• Demonstrable expertise in AWS security services (e.g. IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF)

• Strong experience delivering and maintaining IaC using tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation

• Understanding of DevSecOps principles and secure CI/CD pipeline implementation

• Proven track record supporting and securing large-scale AWS infrastructures

• Familiarity with automation and orchestration tools (e.g., Ansible, Jenkins or AWS CodePipeline)

• AWS Security Specialty or Solutions Architect certification

• Experience working within regulated industries (e.g., finance, insurance or public sector)

• Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST or CIS Benchmarks

Reasonable Adjustments:

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