- Company Name
- Marks and Spencer
- Job Title
- Security Platform Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job title**: Security Platform Engineer
**Role Summary**:
Design, implement, and maintain security controls for SaaS, PaaS, and internal cloud platforms. Provide technical consulting to detect misconfigurations, automate security checks, and enforce platform security standards across development and operations teams.
**Expectations**:
- Deliver robust identity, access, and configuration security across Microsoft, Google, Atlassian, MongoDB Atlas, and proprietary services.
- Drive automation of security reviews within CI/CD pipelines and promote repeatable, scalable security practices.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Advise on secure adoption of cloud services and first‑party platforms, ensuring least‑privilege, zero‑trust, and proper authentication/authorization.
- Identify and remediate platform misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, conducting workshops and creating risk documentation.
- Review and configure access controls for databases, API gateways, code repositories, and integration services.
- Develop and maintain Terraform modules and Python/Bash scripts for automated security scans and configuration enforcement.
- Integrate security checks into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) to detect misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and policy violations.
- Monitor platform health, respond to security events, and maintain governance baselines.
**Required Skills**
- 3+ years platform/infrastructure security experience.
- Expertise in identity and access management: least privilege, zero trust, SSO, JWT, RBAC/ABAC/PBAC.
- Strong understanding of database and API security principles.
- Proficiency in Terraform, Python, Bash.
- Knowledge of security threats (DDoS, brute force, exfiltration, spoofing).
- Experience with CI/CD security integration and automated compliance checks.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (equivalent experience acceptable).
- Relevant certifications preferred: CISSP, CISM, CISA, or equivalent cloud security certifications (e.g., Azure CISSP, CompTIA Security+).