AWS Security & Cloud Platform Consultant

Role summary

AWS Security & Cloud Platform Consultant is a contract role at Kryptos Technologies limited in London, England, United Kingdom (on-site). Posted 2026-08-18. Experience level: 5-10.

Job title

AWS Security & Cloud Platform Consultant

Company

Kryptos Technologies limited

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

Work arrangement

on-site

Employment type

contract

Category

Software Engineering

Experience level

5-10

Date posted

2026-08-18

Job description

<h2 id="tasks">Tasks</h2>

<p>AWS Security &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 id="requirements">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 &amp; Networking</strong></p>

<ul>

<li>Web Application Security</li>

<li>Bot Management</li>

<li>API Security</li>

<li>DDoS Protection</li>

<li>Identity &amp; Access Management</li>

<li>Network Security Architecture</li>

</ul>

<p><strong>Data &amp; 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>