Cloud Security Engineer: Secure, Scalable AWS Platform

Taxbit; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Taxbit, Madrid-based, seeks a Cloud Security Engineer to secure and scale our AWS-driven platform. You will partner with engineering, product, and customer teams to design secure architectures, implement automation, and embed security across the development lifecycle.

Based in Madrid, you will lead threat modeling, build security tooling, and advance our cloud-native defenses, while comfortable working across time zones with a distributed team.

Formación

• Fluent in English; main European language, 1–2 additional languages preferred.
• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or security engineering.
• Strong programming skills, with proficiency in Python.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and security.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar).
• Proven experience conducting threat modeling and working on DevSecOps practices.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, distributed environment across time zones.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsabilidades

• Partner closely with engineering teams to design secure, scalable AWS architectures and services.
• Work directly with customers and internal stakeholders on real-world deployment scenarios across AWS and other cloud environments, designing and implementing secure solutions tailored to their infrastructure.
• Act as a trusted security advisor throughout the software development lifecycle—from design to deployment.
• Lead threat modeling exercises for applications and infrastructure, identifying risks and driving mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with developers to implement secure coding practices and application security controls.
• Design, build, and operate cloud-native security infrastructure across AWS environments.
• Develop automated security controls, detection mechanisms, and response capabilities.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or AWS CDK) to enforce secure configurations at scale.
• Define and implement systems that generate high-quality security signals for threat detection and response.
• Own security problems end-to-end, from identifying gaps to delivering production-ready solutions.
• Contribute to DevSecOps practices by integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.
• Continuously improve security standards, engineering practices, and system reliability.

Conocimientos

AWS Security

Python

Terraform

AWS CDK

Threat Modeling

DevSecOps

CI/CD Security

Security Architecture

Security Tooling

English Fluency

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Herramientas

Terraform

AWS CDK

Descripción del empleo

Taxbit, Madrid-based, seeks a Cloud Security Engineer to secure and scale our AWS-driven platform. You will partner with engineering, product, and customer teams to design secure architectures, implement automation, and embed security across the development lifecycle.

Based in Madrid, you will lead threat modeling, build security tooling, and advance our cloud-native defenses, while comfortable working across time zones with a distributed team.