Senior Cloud Security Engineer

At PPRO, we simplify access to local payments - providing a local payments platform that empowers giants like Pay Pal, Stripe, and Microsoft to connect with billions of consumers worldwide. We are on an ambitious, fast-paced mission to 3x our growth by 2028 - and we’re just getting started.

Our magic lies in our team of proud payments nerds. Spanning over 50 nationalities across 10+ global locations, our diverse cultures aren't a checklist; they are the competitive advantage driving our innovation. This is a people-first, high trust environment where you’ll have the autonomy to make a massive impact, own your work end-to-end, and grow through broad exposure, meaningful challenges, and continuous learning.

We get things done, challenge respectfully, put the customer first, and recognise that our biggest successes are those we create as a team. If you’re ready to leave your footprint on global commerce, join us.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting PPRO’s mission to provide robust, secure, scalable and resilient systems. In PPRO, we operate an extensive cloud environment spanning across several AWS accounts and GCP. Your primary focus will be on ensuring the security and integrity of our cloud infrastructure and services, including the development and maintenance of our security platform.

You will conduct assessments and analyze risks, design secure solutions, maintain IaC codebases and security automations, design metrics and KPIs to measure our security posture, employ AI for the implementation of security controls at scale as well as detect, investigate and prevent attacks against our technology systems. The role is highly collaborative, involving frequent interaction with various members of the technology teams.

• Conduct threat modeling exercises and security assessments across our cloud environments and technology stacks.
• Partner with Engineering teams to integrate security principles, practices, and tools into all stages of the software development lifecycle.
• Design and build reusable Security as Code artefacts and patterns that reduce developer friction while improving security outcomes.
• Write Hardening Standards and Security Guidelines for various technologies and processes.
• Own and maintain our Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (i.e. Wiz).
• Develop automations for recurrent and manual tasks around auditing activities, cloud security posture management (CSPM) and other security processes.
• Maintain and expand our IaC codebase and CI/CD pipelines.
• Champion the use of AI to streamline security operations, scaling our defensive capabilities and enabling non-security teams to adopt security-first practices.
• Provide technical advice in various compliance matters.
• Continuously monitor emerging security trends and technologies to drive proactive improvements.

• Solid knowledge of computer networks and operating systems.
• Strong background in AWS, with a great understanding of security hotspots, best practices and security related services.
• Container security best practices (incl. Kubernetes security).
• Deep understanding of Dev Sec Ops  and CI/CD security controls, with hands-on experience in Infrastructure as Code (preferably Terraform), CI/CD pipelines (preferably Git Hub Actions) and scripting (Python, bash).
• You view AI as an essential force multiplier; you are a power user who actively leverages modern AI/LLM frameworks to both accelerate your own workflows and build scalable security solutions.
• Results-orientated, highly collaborative, pragmatic and proactive, and with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to unblock teams and foster security…