AWS Security Engineer

AWS Security Engineer - Glasgow/Hybrid - Outside IR35 Market Rates Duration - 12 months Harvey Nash are supporting a client seeking an experienced AWS Security Engineer to join their IT Infrastructure and Cyber function. This is a lead role in designing, implementing, and optimising AWS security controls across a multi-account cloud environment. This role requires a strong blend of hands-on AWS security engineering and strategic design capability, supporting secure cloud adoption and ongoing platform maturity. Key Responsibilities The AWS Security Engineer will: Design secure AWS architectures, including IAM strategy, access models, logging, monitoring, and compliance controls Define secure hosting approaches across EC2, containerised workloads, and supporting services Establish and enhance identity and access management frameworks, including RBAC and least-privilege models Implement centralised logging, monitoring, and threat detection using AWS-native tooling (e.g. CloudTrail, GuardD...