Platform Security Engineer

Platform Security Engineer 📍 Location: Mostly remote with occasional travel to London 💷 Rate: Up to £650 per day (Outside IR35) 📅 Contract: Initial 3 months with strong extension potential 🔒 Clearance: Active SC Clearance required An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Platform Security Engineer to join a high-profile Central Government AI programme, supporting the security, resilience and ongoing enhancement of a cloud-based platform. Working within an agile delivery team, you'll help strengthen the security posture of the platform while improving deployment processes, infrastructure automation and operational visibility. Key responsibilities * Enhance the security and resilience of Azure-hosted platforms. * Improve infrastructure configuration and platform hardening. * Support the implementation of secure CI/CD pipelines. * Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. * Increase platform observability, monitoring and operational performance. * Work closely with engineering and delivery teams to embed security best practice throughout the development lifecycle. Essential experience * Strong DevOps or Platform Engineering background. * Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, including App Services, Azure PostgreSQL, Storage Accounts (Blob Storage) and Azure Container Registry (ACR). * Experience writing and maintaining Terraform. * Strong knowledge of GitHub Actions / GitHub CI/CD pipelines. * Understanding of cloud security principles and secure platform engineering. * Active SC Clearance