AWS Cloud Security Lead | SRE, Kubernetes, FinOps (Remote)

Darwin Recruitment; Amsterdam; Remote; EUR 96,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Cloud Security Lead to own and secure a growing AWS cloud platform, including CI/CD and observability stacks. The role is remote, Europe-based, with US-time-zone overlap and a 3-month freelance engagement that can extend; part-time (~20 hours/week) with CET afternoon overlap.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, and CI/CD expertise, plus SaaS tooling administration and FinOps experience.

Qualifications

• Senior SRE/Cloud Engineer with strong hands-on AWS experience.
• Production Kubernetes experience, ideally on EKS.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitoring/observability with Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• AWS security fundamentals: IAM, secrets management, secure networking.
• Hands-on with API gateways.
• Administration of enterprise SaaS tools and integrations (Google Workspace, HR platforms).
• FinOps and cloud cost management.
• Able to work afternoon CET hours to overlap with US-based colleagues.
• Nice to have: NIS2 compliance knowledge; Langfuse, LiteLLM, MCP.

Responsibilities

• Own a growing AWS cloud platform and core infrastructure.
• Manage developer deployment environments, CI/CD pipelines, and observability stack.
• Oversee cloud security, access control, and networking.
• Administer enterprise SaaS tooling and manage cloud spend as volume scales.
• Overlap with US-based colleagues in CET afternoon hours.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

IAM

Networking

SaaS tooling

FinOps

Langfuse

Tools

Google Workspace

HR platforms

Job description

Darwin Recruitment is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Cloud Security Lead to own and secure a growing AWS cloud platform, including CI/CD and observability stacks. The role is remote, Europe-based, with US-time-zone overlap and a 3-month freelance engagement that can extend; part-time (~20 hours/week) with CET afternoon overlap.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, and CI/CD expertise, plus SaaS tooling administration and FinOps experience.