
Architect – Platform, Security Specialist
Quantiphi
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
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SeniorLead
Tech Stack
AWSCloudCyber SecurityFirewallsPythonTerraform
About the role
- Design, build, and secure AWS platform infrastructure using IaC (CloudFormation / Terraform).
- Implement and manage security controls across AWS environments (IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Network Firewall).
- Build automated security guardrails and compliance checks using AWS Security Hub, Config, and IAM Access Analyzer.
- Develop secure CI/CD pipelines, including automated policy checks, vulnerability scans, and artifact integrity validation.
- Implement centralized logging and monitoring using CloudWatch, SIEM tools, GuardDuty, and VPC Flow Logs.
- Collaborate with application and DevOps teams to define secure architecture patterns, network segmentation, and zero-trust controls.
- Conduct regular security assessments, risk reviews, and threat modeling for workloads hosted on AWS.
- Enforce tagging standards, data-classification controls, and lifecycle policies across AWS resources.
- Support incident response activities, root-cause analysis, remediation planning, and post-incident improvements.
- Document platform security design, runbooks, best practices, and alignment with enterprise security standards.
- Manage and integrate security tools such as SIEM, DLP, Cloud Proxy, CASB, or Isolation systems when relevant to AWS workloads.
- Provide training and guidance to engineering teams on secure AWS usage, identity governance, and least-privilege access.
- Travelling to client location as needed.
- Experience integrating AWS environments with Security Operations Centers (SOC) for real-time alerting, threat detection, and incident escalation workflows.
Requirements
- Overall 7+ years of Experience in AWS Cloud platform/security engineering and 3-5 years of experience in cloud security/cybersecurity.
- Deep knowledge of AWS security services: IAM, KMS, Security Hub, GuardDuty, AWS Config, VPC Security, WAF, Network Firewall.
- Strong understanding of cloud security models, zero-trust principles, least privilege, encryption, data protection, and network security fundamentals.
- Hands-on experience with either of IaC tools: CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash for automation.
- Experience setting up centralized logging, SIEM integrations, and security event monitoring.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD security, artifact scanning, secrets management, and pipeline hardening.
- Knowledge of network security tools and concepts: firewalls, proxies, routing, segmentation, DLP, isolation appliances.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI, SOC2) and ability to enforce security baseline standards.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to resolve platform and security issues.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across cross-functional engineering and security teams.
- Exposure to advanced data protection practices such as data classification, DLP controls, encryption strategy design, and secure data lifecycle management.
- At least one AWS Certification (Solutions Architect/DevOps Engineer/Security Specialty preferred).
Benefits
- Make an impact at one of the world’s fastest-growing AI-first digital engineering companies.
- Upskill and discover your potential as you solve complex challenges in cutting-edge areas of technology alongside passionate, talented colleagues.
- Work where innovation happens - work with disruptive innovators in a research-focused organization with 60+ patents filed across various disciplines.
- Stay ahead of the curve—immerse yourself in breakthrough AI, ML, data, and cloud technologies and gain exposure working with Fortune 500 companies.
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Hard skills
AWSCloudFormationTerraformIAMKMSSecurity HubGuardDutyCI/CDPythonBash
Soft skills
analytical skillstroubleshooting skillscommunication skillscollaboration skills
Certifications
AWS Solutions ArchitectAWS DevOps EngineerAWS Security Specialty