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Retained Recruitment for Cloud Security Engineers

Cloud Security Engineers design and implement the security controls that protect cloud infrastructure, workloads, and data — a critical role as organisations shift workloads to AWS, GCP, and Azure. We find the professionals your team needs through dedicated retained search — not job boards.

Retained Only 21–35 Day Placement 90-Day Guarantee $130,000 – $200,000
Cloud Security ArchitectAWS Security EngineerAzure Security EngineerGCP Security EngineerCSPM Engineer

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What Does a Cloud Security Engineer Do?

Designing and implementing cloud security architecture, managing IAM policies and least-privilege access, deploying and tuning cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools, building infrastructure security guardrails as code, responding to cloud security incidents, and conducting cloud-native penetration assessments.

What We Screen For

Hands-on cloud security experience in at least one major provider (AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, or GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer certifications are valuable), infrastructure-as-code security experience (Terraform + security policies), and familiarity with CSPM tools (Wiz, Prisma Cloud, or equivalent).

💡 Hiring Insight

Cloud security engineers who have built a cloud security programme from a blank slate — defining guardrails, IAM strategy, and detection from scratch — are rare and significantly more impactful than those who have inherited mature environments.

Typical Compensation
$130,000 – $200,000
Multi-cloud security architects and engineers with CSPM tool expertise command the top of this range.
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Cloud Security ArchitectAWS Security EngineerAzure Security EngineerGCP Security EngineerCSPM Engineer

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Recruiting a Cloud Security Engineer — FAQ

Most Cloud Security Engineer searches through our retained model are completed within 21 to 35 business days. Cloud security engineers who have built a cloud security programme from a blank slate — defining guardrails, IAM strategy, and detection from scratch — are rare and significantly more impactful than those who have inherited mature environments. We provide a realistic timeline at the start of every engagement.
Hands-on cloud security experience in at least one major provider (AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, or GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer certifications are valuable), infrastructure-as-code security experience (Terraform + security policies), and familiarity with CSPM tools (Wiz, Prisma Cloud, or equivalent).
The best Cloud Security Engineers are almost always employed and not browsing job boards. Cloud security engineers who have built a cloud security programme from a blank slate — defining guardrails, IAM strategy, and detection from scratch — are rare and significantly more impactful than those who have inherited mature environments. A retained search means one dedicated recruiter works your role exclusively — conducting passive candidate outreach, pre-screening technically, and presenting only candidates who genuinely match your brief.
Every permanent retained placement includes a 90-day guarantee. If the placed professional departs or is released within 90 days for reasons covered under our guarantee terms, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.
Compensation for Cloud Security Engineer roles typically ranges from $130,000 – $200,000. Multi-cloud security architects and engineers with CSPM tool expertise command the top of this range. We include real-time compensation benchmarking in every retained search.
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