Overview:
We are looking for an experienced AWS Cloud Security Architect to support an ongoing engagement with a major client in the Aviation industry. The team is building a cloud-native cybersecurity capability aligned to a modern AWS-first technology estate. The objective is to establish a platform-oriented security engineering team that designs, builds, and operates security as code, embedded within DevOps and platform engineering practices
What will you do?
- Define and implement security reference architectures (IAM, logging, detection, vulnerability management)
- Design and build secure cloud landing zone patterns
- Translate policy and regulatory requirements into technical controls
- Develop reusable security frameworks (Terraform modules, policy-as-code, pipelines)
- Make strategic tooling and integration decisions
- Provide technical leadership across engineering teams and partners
What are we looking for?
Strong AWS security architecture and engineering experience
Hands-on development (Python preferred)
Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
- Experience building cloud platforms or shared services
- Experience in large-scale, multi-account environments
- Experience in regulated industries is desirable
- Experience with AI/LLM security or advanced detection is desirable
- Hands-on engineering capability (recent coding experience)
- AWS-native experience (not generic cloud)
- Automation-first mindset
- Experience working at scale
- Airline/Regulated industry experience is nice t