Principal Cloud Architect & Security Lead

FulcrumLATAM; Medellín; On-site; COP 180,000,000 - 300,000,000; Full time

Job summary

FulcrumLATAM is seeking a hands-on Principal Cloud Architect & Security to own the architecture, security, and reliability of a growing multi-tenant SaaS platform serving the financial services industry. You will be the technical authority guiding architectural direction and security standards for scalable, secure solutions.

You will collaborate with the CEO, Lead Developer, engineering team, and Data Security Officer while also engaging with clients, auditors, and security reviewers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, security engineering, software architecture, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS production experience.
• Deep expertise in AWS architecture, networking, and cloud security.
• Strong understanding of VPC design, IAM, security groups, KMS, monitoring, and cloud security controls.
• Experience with SOC 2 Type II or similar security/compliance frameworks.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the platform's AWS architecture, networking, security, reliability, and scalability.
• Establish architectural standards and review significant technical designs before development begins.
• Own AWS security controls including VPC, IAM, security groups, KMS, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, CloudWatch, and related services.
• Manage cloud and edge security including Cloudflare/WAF, TLS, DDoS protection, and origin protection.
• Design and maintain secure multi-tenant SaaS architecture, including tenant isolation, data architecture, APIs, and integrations.
• Guide infrastructure-as-code and architectural best practices using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Own the technical side of SOC 2 Type II controls, audit evidence, remediation, and security documentation.
• Work with engineering on secure application and infrastructure design.
• Participate in security reviews, vendor due diligence, penetration testing, and client-facing technical discussions.
• Establish a prioritized roadmap for architecture, infrastructure, and security improvements.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS architecture

Security engineering

IaC practices

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Security reviews

Client discussions

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Cloudflare/WAF

KMS

GuardDuty

CloudWatch

Job description

FulcrumLATAM is seeking a hands-on Principal Cloud Architect & Security to own the architecture, security, and reliability of a growing multi-tenant SaaS platform serving the financial services industry. You will be the technical authority guiding architectural direction and security standards for scalable, secure solutions.

You will collaborate with the CEO, Lead Developer, engineering team, and Data Security Officer while also engaging with clients, auditors, and security reviewers.