AWS Security Engineer6 Month ContractEssex (Hybrid)£525/day (Inside IR35) AWS Security Engineer needed for a 6 Month Contract in Essex (Hybrid). Active SC Security Clearance preferred. Start ASAP in Jan/Feb 2026.Hybrid Working - 3-4 days/week remote (WFH), and 1-2 days/week working on-site from the office based in Grays (Essex).A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government projects.Key experience + tasks will include: Must have extensive AWS Cloud Security Engineering expertise.Key Objective: taking ownership of AWS Cloud Security across discovery, design, implementation + large-scale workload migration.The role sits at the centre of a major AWS transformation program including Landing Zone establishment, EUC/Citrix-to-WorkSpaces modernisation, and full datacentre migration.Shaping identity, compliance, guardrails, monitoring, MFA/Conditional Access, and ongoing hardening for production.Validating MFA, Conditional Access, encryption, logging in discovery phase.Designing + embedding IAM, RBAC, federation + authentication patterns into architectures.Defining AWS security guardrails, SCPs, monitoring + compliance baselines.Configuring IAM roles, key management, encryption, logging, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty + Security Hub.Supporting Landing Zone build-out including identity federation, tagging, audit + multi-account governance.Implementing VDI, WorkSpaces, Citrix security hardening, MFA, ..... full job details .....