Security Engineer - Security & Cloud Operations - FinTech Scale up (Global impact) - Cloud Native - Solid comp/equity - Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Its cloud platform operates in a highly regulated FinTech environment, supporting business-critical money flows across international markets. Security is therefore fundamental to the product, not simply a compliance requirement. Within the company, your team is welcomed and supported by everyone!

The role

We are looking for an operationally focused Security Engineer with experience in cloud security, monitoring and incident response. You will monitor production environments, investigate alerts and take the first response steps during security incidents. You should be able to work independently, assess potential impact and recognise when escalation or additional expertise is required.

Your broader scope includes SIEM, threat modelling, vulnerability management, IAM, risk assessments, third-party security and AI/data governance. You will work closely with experienced security specialists, compliance and the teams responsible for building and operating the platform.

This is not a software development or Application Security role. You will not build production software, but you should understand cloud architecture well enough to identify risks and provide practical security advice.

What you’ll do

• Monitor cloud and production environments and investigate security alerts.
• Build and tune SIEM detection rules, dashboards and alerts.
• Assess risks across cloud IAM, networking and infrastructure.
• Manage vulnerabilities and help teams prioritise remediation.
• Run access reviews and improve least-privilege controls.
• Contribute to threat modelling and advise on secure architectural decisions.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and act as a first responder during incidents.
• Translate regulatory requirements into effective technical controls.
• Support risk assessments, penetration tests and third-party security reviews.
• Contribute to AI security and data-governance practices.
• Use Python, Bash or similar languages to automate operational security tasks.
• Strengthen security culture through practical guidance and collaboration.

Who you are

• Up to 6 years of experience in Security Operations, Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security or Security Engineering.
• Practical experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Understanding of cloud IAM, networking, logging and infrastructure security.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM and security-monitoring tooling.
• Experience investigating alerts and responding to incidents.
• Familiarity with vulnerability and identity management.
• Able to assess technical risks and advise engineers on architecture.
• Comfortable using Python, Bash or similar scripting languages.
• Clear communicator with a pragmatic approach to security and risk.
• Based in the Netherlands and able to work regularly from Amsterdam.

Experience in fintech, regulated environments, PCI DSS, SOC 2, EDR, detection engineering, penetration testing, AI governance or CI/CD security would be valuable but is not required.

Why join?

• Protect infrastructure supporting critical global payment activity.
• Join a company where security receives genuine business-wide priority.
• Influence security monitoring, incident response, controls and culture.
• Take meaningful ownership within a compact, experienced team.
• Develop across cloud security, detection, incident response, IAM, architecture or governance.
• Work in a collaborative culture where Security is treated as an enabler.
• Receive a competitive package including stock options.

Salary and package:

• Base salary up to 87K EUR gross per year depending on experience + a good stockpackage
• Solid secondary benefits (pension, hardware, lunch in office, study budget, etc.)
• Hybrid work with office in Amsterdam
• You can work part time (4 days per week)
• Visa sponsorship + 30% ruling is possible
• Focus is on locally based talent. Relocation is possible but will not be paid for by the company.