Staff Cyber Security Engineer (AWS)

The role

The Staff Cyber Security Engineer will audit the AWS environment, identify security technical debt, and plan the refactoring of legacy resources into secure Terraform code. You will design and maintain AWS WAF policies, establish cloud security guardrails, and manage cloud-native security monitoring tools.

What you will do

• Audit the current AWS environment and identify security technical debt
• Plan the refactoring of legacy resources into secure Terraform code
• Design, deploy, tune, and maintain AWS WAF policies and rulesets
• Establish and enforce cloud security guardrails and multi-account structures
• Define and audit AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategies
• Manage and optimize cloud-native security monitoring and detection tools
• Help on the incident respond for AWS-specific security alerts
• Ensure the AWS cloud ecosystem remains compliant with financial regulations and security frameworks
• Lead the security automatizations on the AWS environment

Required qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of dedicated professional experience in Cloud Security Engineering
• Deep hands-on experience designing, implementing, and fine-tuning AWS WAF, AWS Shield, and CloudFront
• Strong proficiency in Terraform and auditing IaC templates
• Mastery of AWS native security tools (IAM, KMS, Security Hub, GuardDuty) and multi-account security architecture
• Experience working alongside separate, established Cloud Architecture or DevOps teams
• Understands agile workflows and lean principles
• Technical leadership, cross-team collaboration, and cloud governance focus
• Business proficient written and spoken English
• Exceptional diplomatic and communication skills

Nice to have

• AWS Certified Security - Specialty
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional)

Benefits

• Home office budget
• Learning & development budget of €1000 per year
• Transparent growth framework
• Competitive salary
• Variable remuneration program
• Monthly meal allowance
• Deutschland ticket subsidy
• 28 vacation days, increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year

About the company

Solaris is Europe's leading embedded finance platform. Founded in 2016, Solaris is headquartered in Berlin and employs 300 people in Europe.