AWS Security & Cloud Platform Consultant

<h2>Tasks</h2> <p>AWS Security &#x26; Cloud Platform consultant</p> <p>Location: London,UK</p> <p>3months + Contract with possible extension</p> <p><strong>Role Summary</strong></p> <p>We are seeking an experienced <strong>AWS Security &#x26; Cloud Platform Consultant</strong> to lead the technical execution of a large-scale Defensive AI and Bot Mitigation Proof of Value for a high-volume enterprise digital platform. The consultant will design, build, and deploy cloud-native security controls, observability solutions, traffic analytics, automation frameworks, and AI-assisted operational capabilities using AWS services and Infrastructure as Code.</p> <p>The role requires deep expertise in AWS networking, CloudFront, WAF, security automation, observability, large-scale log analytics, and cloud-native delivery practices.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <p><strong>Cloud Security &#x26; Edge Protection</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design and implement AWS WAF and CloudFront-based protection architectures.</li> <li>Configure managed rule sets, rate-limiting controls, traffic classification, and bot mitigation capabilities.</li> <li>Implement layered security controls to identify and mitigate malicious traffic.</li> <li>Build and optimize edge caching strategies to reduce origin load and operational costs.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Infrastructure as Code &#x26; Platform Engineering</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.</li> <li>Contribute code through enterprise Git repositories and CI/CD pipelines.</li> <li>Create reusable deployment templates, automation scripts, and operational runbooks.</li> <li>Support deployment rehearsals and production release preparation.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Observability &#x26; Analytics</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Implement logging pipelines using:</p> </li> <li> <p>AWS WAF Logs</p> </li> <li> <p>Kinesis Firehose</p> </li> <li> <p>Amazon S3</p> </li> <li> <p>Amazon Athena</p> </li> <li> <p>CloudWatch</p> </li> <li> <p>Develop scheduled analytics queries and reporting frameworks.</p> </li> <li> <p>Establish operational dashboards, KPIs, alerting, and performance monitoring.</p> </li> <li> <p>Analyse traffic patterns and produce security and cost optimisation insights.</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Bot Detection &#x26; Threat Intelligence</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop traffic profiling and behavioural analysis models.</li> <li>Analyse API usage, fingerprinting signals, client patterns, token adoption, and anomaly indicators.</li> <li>Produce evidence packs for security reviews and governance gates.</li> <li>Measure detection effectiveness, precision, false-positive rates, and operational impact.</li> </ul> <p><strong>AI &#x26; Security Automation</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design and implement AI-assisted operational workflows.</li> <li>Build automated analysis and recommendation loops using AWS native services.</li> <li>Implement governance guardrails, kill-switch controls, and audit mechanisms.</li> <li>Support autonomous or semi-autonomous security response workflows.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Stakeholder Engagement</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Work closely with:</p> </li> <li> <p>Security teams</p> </li> <li> <p>Platform Engineering</p> </li> <li> <p>SRE teams</p> </li> <li> <p>Application Development teams</p> </li> <li> <p>Architecture and Governance forums</p> </li> <li> <p>Prepare executive-level reports and decision-gate documentation.</p> </li> <li> <p>Facilitate technical workshops and design reviews.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Requirements</h2> <p><strong>Required Skills</strong></p> <p><strong>AWS Expertise</strong></p> <ul> <li>AWS WAF</li> <li>Amazon CloudFront</li> <li>AWS Shield Advanced</li> <li>Amazon Athena</li> <li>Amazon S3</li> <li>Amazon CloudWatch</li> <li>Amazon Kinesis Firehose</li> <li>AWS Lambda</li> <li>API Security</li> <li>Cost Optimisation</li> </ul> <p><strong>Cloud Engineering</strong></p> <ul> <li>AWS CDK</li> <li>CloudFormation</li> <li>Terraform</li> <li>CI/CD Pipelines</li> <li>Git-based development workflows</li> <li>Infrastructure Automation</li> </ul> <p><strong>Security &#x26; Networking</strong></p> <ul> <li>Web Application Security</li> <li>Bot Management</li> <li>API Security</li> <li>DDoS Protection</li> <li>Identity &#x26; Access Management</li> <li>Network Security Architecture</li> </ul> <p><strong>Data &#x26; Analytics</strong></p> <ul> <li>SQL / Athena Query Development</li> <li>Log Analytics</li> <li>Threat Detection</li> <li>Data Visualisation</li> <li>KPI and Operational Reporting</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>AWS Certified Security Specialty</li> <li>AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional</li> <li>AWS Advanced Networking Certification</li> <li>Experience delivering security transformation initiatives on AWS.</li> <li>Experience working in regulated, enterprise-scale environments.</li> <li>Familiarity with AI-driven operations (AIOps), security analytics, and autonomous remediation frameworks.</li> </ul> <p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.co.uk">Jobs in United Kingdom</a> on Arbeitnow</a>