Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Azure & Automation

Workatbackbase; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Workatbackbase is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to define and implement our secure SaaS platform. You’ll lead threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and risk analyses to ensure production readiness and regulatory compliance.

You’ll build a state-of-the-art monitoring and alerting system, apply Azure security best practices, and mentor teammates. This role suits automation‑first professionals who collaborate across teams and push the security roadmap forward.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of cloud security infrastructure and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience with Zero-Trust architecture, defensible security architecture, and ISO 27001/SOC 2 controls.
• Up-to-date on the latest cloud security tools and practices.
• Automation-first mindset to make processes predictable and automated.
• Proficiency with Helm Charts, Kubernetes; familiarity with PagerDuty.
• Experience with SaaS platform monitoring (Datadog, Azure Monitoring, AWS APM).
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Minimum 3 years in a similar role on public cloud.
• Azure certifications are a plus (Azure Administrator / Azure Solution Architect).

Responsibilities

• Represent Security in the team — run threat modeling sessions, perform vulnerability tests, conduct risk analyses and security assessments.
• Help realize a state-of-the-art monitoring and alerting system.
• Implement and maintain cloud security best practices in Azure environments.
• Ensure compliance with relevant security standards and regulations; conduct security assessments and risk analyses.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance security posture and mentor junior members.
• Propose and support security initiatives; participate in the Security Guild across teams.
• Architect for visibility, detection, mitigation and observability across the platform.

Skills

Cloud security

Zero-Trust

Incident management

Vulnerability management

Threat modeling

Logging & monitoring

Automation

Kubernetes

PagerDuty

SIEM

Education

Azure Administrator / Azure Solution Architect

Tools

Terraform

Helm Charts

Kubernetes

PagerDuty

Datadog

Azure Monitoring

AWS APM

Job description

Workatbackbase is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to define and implement our secure SaaS platform. You’ll lead threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and risk analyses to ensure production readiness and regulatory compliance.

You’ll build a state-of-the-art monitoring and alerting system, apply Azure security best practices, and mentor teammates. This role suits automation‑first professionals who collaborate across teams and push the security roadmap forward.