Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Sami Eltamawy

Compensation: £80,000 - £90,000 / year

Description

London, office-based

Freetrade’s mission is to become the default place to invest. Investing has been too complicated and expensive for too long, keeping millions from making the most of their savings.
We’re changing that.
We’re building our team and looking for people who are excited to reshape how our customers invest and grow their wealth. If you’re driven by solving complex problems and building innovative products, you’ll fit right in.
2025 is a big year for us. In January, we announced a game changing deal to become part of the IG Group. We’ll continue to operate as an independent business while gaining access to the resources and support of an established leader in the space.
This year, we’re accelerating our roadmap and taking our products to the next level. We’re building new features like mutual funds, bonds, and family investment tools. We’re also exploring how we can leverage AI to deliver an even better experience for our customers.

We're on a mission to build a secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure—and we’re looking for a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to lead the way. In this foundational role, you’ll architect and build our cloud security program from the ground up, helping to shape how we protect our systems, services, and users in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
You’ll work closely with our DevOps and Platform teams to integrate security deeply into our development and deployment pipelines. This is your chance to define the standards, select the tools, and create the practices that will safeguard our cloud ecosystem now and into the future.

If you're a security champion eager to shape the future of cloud security in a dynamic fintech environment, we’d love to hear from you. Come build, secure, and empower our growth in the cloud - one byte at a time.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Cloud Security Strategy: Spearhead the design and implementation of a comprehensive cloud security program in partnership with DevOps and Platform teams.
• Define Policies and Implement Key Controls: Develop and enforce cloud security policies, including Identity and Access Management (IAM), Web Application Firewalls (WAFs), and network segmentation strategies.
• Review System Architecture and Design: Conduct in-depth architecture and infrastructure reviews to uncover insecure design patterns and recommend secure alternatives.
• Audit Configurations and Code: Perform security-focused code and configuration reviews across infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native applications.
• Deploy and Manage Security Tooling: Select, implement, and operate key tools across GCP, such as Cloud Armor, Cloud Identity, Security Command Center, and VPC Service Controls for ongoing threat detection and response.
• Integrate Security in SDLC: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate security into every stage of the software development lifecycle.
• Threat Modeling and Risk Analysis: Perform structured threat modeling using frameworks such as STRIDE and PASTA to proactively mitigate security risks.
• Champion Developer Education: Promote secure development practices by educating engineers on cloud and application security fundamentals.
• Mentor and Lead: Act as a mentor to future hires, helping scale a high-impact cloud security function as the business grows.

What you'll bring

• Experience: 7+ years in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years in hands-on cloud security roles (GCP preferred).
• Track Record: Demonstrated success in building and scaling cloud security programs from scratch.
• Tooling: Familiarity with core cloud security components including IAM, WAFs, SIEM, CSPM, and vulnerability scanners.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g. Python, Go, Bash).
• Threat Modeling: Practical knowledge of frameworks like STRIDE and PASTA.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related technical field.

• Collaborative Expertise: Clear and effective communication with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels.
• Leadership: Ability to set direction, inspire others, and drive security-first thinking across the business.
  Initiative & Autonomy: Self-starter with the drive to identify and address security gaps proactively.
  Adaptability: Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments with unstructured challenges.
• Influence: Able to drive alignment and consensus without relying on formal authority.
• Creative Problem Solving: Capable of designing innovative solutions to modern security challenges.
• Mentorship & Growth: Passionate about growing others and building a team-oriented culture of security excellence.

Benefits & Logistics

Freetrade is the place to accelerate your career. Our benefits package and ways of working are designed to attract and retain the most talented people who are dedicated to making an impact at Freetrade.  

Here’s what’s on offer in 2025:

Office first culture - we have beautiful office spaces in central London and Budapest where four days a week you collaborate with colleagues in person, one of our core behaviours is that we’re a team that works better together. 
Values - at Freetrade we live and breathe our values: Honesty, Focus and Grit. Expect to be asked about these in your interview! 
Benefits In London: 

• Competitive salary – carefully benchmarked.
• Holidays – 25 days plus UK public holidays. Your birthday off, plus one extra day for every year at Freetrade.
• Enhanced pension – We’ll match your contributions up to 5%.
• Group Life Insurance – Protect your loved ones with coverage at 5x your salary, ensuring financial security in any circumstance. 
• Private Health Insurance - Which includes access to high quality medical care, mental health support, dental and vision plans, Wellness programs and preventative care initiatives are also provided to ensure the wellbeing of your entire family.
• Income Protection Cover – Safeguard your income with comprehensive coverage, ensuring financial stability in the event of illness or injury.
• Enhanced parental leave – Time off when it matters most.
• Flexibility for those who need it – We’re office-first, but life happens. Whether you’re a parent or have care responsibilities, we focus on output and trust you to manage your time.
• Learning & Development – We fund industry qualifications so you can grow as a financial services professional. 
• Cycle to Work scheme – Get a high quality bike and gear through our salary sacrifice scheme, spreading the cost with tax free monthly installments.
• Paid Sick Leave – Receive 10 days of fully paid sick leave each calendar year.

Following the completion of our acquisition by IG Group, you can expect our benefits package to further improve as we align with the broader offerings available across the group.

Interview Process
We keep things simple and transparent. Our process typically includes:

1.  Initial Screening – A quick chat with one of our Talent Partners.
2.  Hiring Manager interview – A deep dive into your skills and experience.
3.  Technical interview – Show us how you think and solve problems.
4.  Executive interview – A conversation with our stakeholders, where we also assess cultural fit.

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