AWS Security & Cloud Platform Consultant

AWS Security & Cloud Platform consultant

Location: LondonUK

3months Contract with possible extension

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced AWS Security & Cloud Platform Consultant 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.

The role requires deep expertise in AWS networking CloudFront WAF security automation observability large-scale log analytics and cloud-native delivery practices.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Security & Edge Protection

• Design and implement AWS WAF and CloudFront-based protection architectures.
• Configure managed rule sets rate-limiting controls traffic classification and bot mitigation capabilities.
• Implement layered security controls to identify and mitigate malicious traffic.
• Build and optimize edge caching strategies to reduce origin load and operational costs.

Infrastructure as Code & Platform Engineering

• Develop Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Contribute code through enterprise Git repositories and CI/CD pipelines.
• Create reusable deployment templates automation scripts and operational runbooks.
• Support deployment rehearsals and production release preparation.

Observability & Analytics

• Implement logging pipelines using:

• AWS WAF Logs

• Kinesis Firehose

• Amazon S3

• Amazon Athena

• CloudWatch

• Develop scheduled analytics queries and reporting frameworks.

• Establish operational dashboards KPIs alerting and performance monitoring.

• Analyse traffic patterns and produce security and cost optimisation insights.

Bot Detection & Threat Intelligence

• Develop traffic profiling and behavioural analysis models.
• Analyse API usage fingerprinting signals client patterns token adoption and anomaly indicators.
• Produce evidence packs for security reviews and governance gates.
• Measure detection effectiveness precision false-positive rates and operational impact.

AI & Security Automation

• Design and implement AI-assisted operational workflows.
• Build automated analysis and recommendation loops using AWS native services.
• Implement governance guardrails kill-switch controls and audit mechanisms.
• Support autonomous or semi-autonomous security response workflows.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with:

• Security teams

• Platform Engineering

• SRE teams

• Application Development teams

• Architecture and Governance forums

• Prepare executive-level reports and decision-gate documentation.

• Facilitate technical workshops and design reviews.

Required Skills

AWS Expertise

• AWS WAF
• Amazon CloudFront
• AWS Shield Advanced
• Amazon Athena
• Amazon S3
• Amazon CloudWatch
• Amazon Kinesis Firehose
• AWS Lambda
• API Security
• Cost Optimisation

Cloud Engineering

• AWS CDK
• CloudFormation
• Terraform
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Git-based development workflows
• Infrastructure Automation

Security & Networking

• Web Application Security
• Bot Management
• API Security
• DDoS Protection
• Identity & Access Management
• Network Security Architecture

Data & Analytics

• SQL / Athena Query Development
• Log Analytics
• Threat Detection
• Data Visualisation
• KPI and Operational Reporting

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Security Specialty
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS Advanced Networking Certification
• Experience delivering security transformation initiatives on AWS.
• Experience working in regulated enterprise-scale environments.
• Familiarity with AI-driven operations (AIOps) security analytics and autonomous remediation frameworks.