Platform Security Engineer - Consultancy

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Join one of the world's leading IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization. Backed by decades of experience, the company consistently ranks among the top global IT service providers. With an international presence across multiple countries, the company has built a reputation for delivering high-quality technology services across industries including banking, healthcare, telecommunications, and retail.

This consulting firm is seeking a Specialist Platform Security Engineer on a 6-month contract based primarily in London (4 days on-site), with travel to client sites as required. The role focuses on securing Microsoft, Google, Atlassian, and MongoDB Atlas platforms while working with cross-functional teams to strengthen cyber security and protect against threats.

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity and apply today!

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic guidance for the secure adoption and use of SaaS and PaaS platforms including Microsoft, Google, Atlassian, MongoDB Atlas, and internally developed services such as databases, API gateways, and code repositories
• Conduct technical consulting to identify misconfigurations and reduce platform risk, participating in workshops, documentation efforts, and knowledge sharing to raise organisational security awareness
• Support secure design and integration of tools across business programmes, contributing to the implementation of platform security standards, policies, and baselines
• Identify and remediate platform-specific vulnerabilities, providing access and configuration reviews across the various platforms
• Automate security checks and configuration reviews, integrating security into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions to identify misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and policy violations

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of Identity and Access security - least privilege, zero trust, SSO, JWT, RBAC/ABAC/PBAC - with experience in authentication and authorisation models
• Strong knowledge of security principles and architecture for databases and APIs, including platform configuration security, monitoring, and governance
• 3+ years hands-on experience in platform or infrastructure security across SaaS and PaaS environments
• Scripting skills in Python and Bash for task automation, with experience using Terraform for infrastructure as code
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and automating security checks, with a solid understanding of threats such as DDoS, brute force, exfiltration, and spoofing

Contract Details:

• Contract Type: Initial 6 month contract (Inside IR35)
• Location: Hybrid in London

Salary:

• £500 per day Inside IR35