Job Specifications
At CGI, you’ll shape the security foundations that safeguard some of the UK’s most important cloud services. As an AWS Cloud Security Product Owner, you will drive secure-by-design principles, guide technical decision-making, and ensure our solutions deliver measurable impact for clients operating in highly sensitive environments. This role places you at the centre of cloud transformation, where your expertise will strengthen critical national capabilities while enabling innovative, scalable, and resilient services. You’ll work alongside collaborative teams that empower you to take ownership, influence strategic direction, and make a meaningful difference in how cloud security evolves across the UK.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.
Candidate Profile
In this role, you will lead the security direction for AWS platforms, guiding cloud product teams through secure design, governance, and assurance activities. You will shape the security architecture for high-profile services, ensuring regulatory alignment and enabling teams to innovate confidently while maintaining robust protection standards. You’ll collaborate closely with programme leadership, influence decision-making, and drive continuous improvement across the cloud security landscape.
You will run technical forums, direct security investigations, and provide authoritative guidance across multiple programmes, ensuring security controls are implemented effectively and consistently.
Key Responsibilities Include
Lead & Influence: Provide expert AWS security direction across products and programmes.
Develop & Govern: Define and embed cloud security capabilities, governance, and controls.
Assure & Align: Maintain compliance with ISO standards, NCSC principles, and Secure-by-Design strategies.
Review & Guide: Lead security design reviews and technical consultations.
Optimise & Enhance: Prioritise vulnerabilities, drive remediation, and strengthen cloud security posture.
Collaborate & Support: Steer security forums, support incidents, and lead post-incident reviews.
Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role
To succeed, you’ll bring strong AWS cloud security expertise, experience applying secure-by-design approaches, and a proven ability to lead structured security direction across complex environments. You should be confident guiding decision-makers, influencing engineering teams, and ensuring alignment with UK Government and industry standards.
Essential Qualifications
Extensive experience in AWS cloud security
Strong understanding of cloud security principles, frameworks, and best practice
Proven ability to lead security reviews and technical governance
Knowledge of ISO27001, BS10008, NCSC CAF, and related frameworks
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Desirable
Experience in government or secure environments
Knowledge of cloud-native security automation and continuous improvement
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