Hybrid AWS Cloud Security Architect - Lisbon/Porto

Hexa Consulting; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Private health insurance

Mental health support

Childcare vouchers

Job summary

Hexa Consulting is seeking an AWS Cloud Security Architect to join a client team in a hybrid model based in Lisbon or Porto. The role emphasizes secure, scalable AWS architectures, multi-account governance and automation.

You will lead security-centric cloud foundations, IAM governance and CI/CD security integration, delivering reusable security controls and policy-driven infrastructure. English proficiency at C1 is required.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and implementing AWS cloud security architectures in complex enterprise environments.
• Ownership of cloud security architecture decisions, technical implementation and delivery.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Python and infrastructure automation.
• Experience designing and securing large-scale, multi-account AWS environments.
• Solid knowledge of AWS IAM, access controls and cloud landing zones.
• Experience implementing security-as-code, policy-as-code and automated security controls.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD security integration and cloud platform engineering.
• Experience with cloud security monitoring, threat detection, vulnerability management and security controls.
• Translate security architecture requirements into scalable, maintainable engineering solutions.
• Strong technical judgment, autonomy, accountability and collaborative leadership skills.
• English proficiency at C1 level.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures and reusable security controls.
• Design secure cloud foundations covering governance, identity and access management, monitoring and threat detection.
• Translate technical security requirements and regulatory obligations into practical cloud infrastructure controls.
• Develop automated security solutions using Infrastructure-as-Code, policy-as-code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Evaluate cloud security technologies and define appropriate integration strategies.
• Implement engineering solutions that strengthen security consistency, operational efficiency and platform resilience.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership to engineering teams and external partners.
• Integrate security practices into cloud platform engineering, DevOps workflows and software delivery processes.
• Promote continuous improvement, automation and high-quality security engineering practices.

Skills

AWS security architecture

Cloud security

DevOps security

CI/CD security

Security automation

Threat detection

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Hexa Consulting is seeking an AWS Cloud Security Architect to join a client team in a hybrid model based in Lisbon or Porto. The role emphasizes secure, scalable AWS architectures, multi-account governance and automation.

You will lead security-centric cloud foundations, IAM governance and CI/CD security integration, delivering reusable security controls and policy-driven infrastructure. English proficiency at C1 is required.