Hybrid Tech Lead – Cloud App Security

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Responsibilities

  • Lead the Cloud App Security team technically, acting as a reference for secure architecture, standardization and best practices.
  • Design, review and approve cloud architectures with a focus on security, high availability, resilience and cost, following the principles of the Well-Architected Framework.
  • Define the security strategy across multiple accounts/subscriptions (landing zone, organizations, security baseline, governance and compliance).
  • Design and implement secure networks (VPC/VNet, subnetting, TGW/peering/VPN/PrivateLink), segregate environments, configure and test contingency (multi-AZ/region).
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Platform and Application teams to integrate security into the lifecycle (shift-left, SAST/DAST/IAST/SCAs, secrets management).
  • Automate security as code: OPA/Conftest, preventive rules in CI/CD, pre-commit hooks, pipelines with quality & security gates.
  • Apply scripts and Lambdas/Functions/Cloud Functions for automatic remediation (e.g., close public S3, revoke old keys, isolate a suspicious instance).
  • Protect containers/Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE): policies, admission controllers, signed images, secrets, network policies, CIS Benchmarks.
  • Run vulnerability scans and perform remediations (EC2/VM, container, serverless), prioritizing by risk level.
  • Document and version standards, runbooks and reference architectures; train and pair with the team during deliveries.

Requirements

  • +Experience:
  • Practical experience (5–8+ years) in Cloud Security, with hands-on deliveries: building Landing Zones, writing IaC, configuring native controls, automating remediation and operating incident response (IR).
  • +Technical expertise (AWS – preferred):
  • Organizations/Control Tower, IAM/SCPs, KMS, CloudTrail/Config, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Inspector, WAF, Macie, Detective, S3, VPC/TGW/PrivateLink, EKS.
  • +Automation and Integration:
  • Programming with Python, Bash and PowerShell.
  • Use of provider APIs/SDKs for integration and automated response.
  • +Networks and Cryptography (practical):
  • VPC/VNet, routing, NAT, peering/TGW/VPN, TLS, KMS/HSM, key rotation and key management.
  • +Kubernetes Security (EKS/AKS/GKE):
  • RBAC, PSP/OPA Gatekeeper/Kyverno, supply chain security (SBOM/signing), registries (ECR/ACR/GAR).
  • +Vulnerability Management and Observability:
  • Experience in hardening (hosts/containers/serverless) and tools such as:
  • CloudWatch/Logs Insights, Athena/Glue,
  • Kusto/Sentinel, Chronicle.
  • +Compliance and Frameworks:
  • Practical application of frameworks:
  • CIS (Foundations/Benchmarks),
  • NIST CSF / 800-53,
  • ISO 27001,
  • SOC 2,
  • LGPD — including producing evidence and closing gaps.
  • +Communication and Professional Demeanor:
  • Objective communication (technical and executive).
  • Ownership to get things done — from PoC to a production runbook.
  • Technical English for reading documentation and interacting with vendors/providers.
  • +Desirable / Nice-to-have:
  • AWS SA Professional, CISSP / CCSP,
  • Azure Security Engineer / Architect,
  • GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer.
  • +Advanced Tools and Technologies:
  • Experience with CNAPP, CSPM, CIEM, SOAR,
  • Secret management (HashiCorp Vault / AWS Secrets Manager),
  • SAST / DAST / IAST / SCAs,
  • XDR / EDR.
  • +IaC and CI/CD with a security focus:
  • Terraform (required); bonus: CloudFormation, CDK, Bicep, Deployment Manager.
  • CI/CD with security gates: GitHub Actions, GitLab, CodePipeline, Azure DevOps.
  • +Incident Response:
  • Track record of responding to real cloud incidents and automating remediation at scale.
  • +Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Systems Analysis, Information Systems or related fields.
  • +Certifications:
  • AWS certifications: CCP, SAA and Security Specialty.

Benefits

  • 🏢 On-site or Remote
  • ⏰ Flexible hours
  • 📚 Educational incentives (partnerships with educational institutions)
  • 🌴 Paid vacation
  • 🏋️ TotalPass
  • 🎂 Birthday off
  • 🏥 Health insurance
  • 🦷 Dental insurance
  • 🤰 Maternity leave
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Paternity leave
  • 🌟 Reimbursement for AWS certifications

Job title

Tech Lead – Cloud App Security

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Experience level

Senior

Salary

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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