You will work as a forward deployed engineer embedded within a security-focused capability unit, designing, building, and deploying AI-powered tools that drive measurable improvements in cyber security and fraud prevention. Working closely with technical teams and operational stakeholders, you will turn requirements into governed, production-ready solutions delivered on approved cloud platforms.
This is a hands-on engineering contract — you will own work from prototyping through to deployment, contributing to a mission-critical security programme at scale.
Cloud & infrastructure
Deploying and managing solutions in AWS using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), maintaining compliance with governance and security standards.
CI/CD pipelines
Configuring and managing GitLab CI pipelines to automate testing, infrastructure provisioning, and deployment across environments.
Testing practices
Implementing unit, integration, and performance tests to ensure reliability, correctness, and reproducibility across all release cycles.
Observability & incident response
Working with monitoring tooling and incident workflows to track system health, detect anomalies, and respond to failures in real time.
Big data & databases
Experience with large-scale data storage and querying — relational and non-relational — within secure, governed cloud environments.
AI & ML integration
Building and deploying AI-powered capabilities, ideally in a security, fraud, or operational context within a regulated environment.
Demonstrable experience in AWS cloud engineering with Terraform for infrastructure as code
Hands-on delivery of CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI across multiple environments
Strong understanding of software testing at all levels: unit, integration, and performance
Practical experience with observability platforms and on-call/incident management
Comfortable working across big data technologies and large-scale database architectures
Ability to engage confidently with engineers, security professionals, and non-technical stakeholders
Experience working in Agile delivery teams, ideally within a government or regulated environment
Active SC clearance held at point of application — this is a strict requirement
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