Staff Cyber Security Engineer, Solaris
AWS Cloud
€85-110k
+ A variable remuneration program
Banking-as-a-Service platform
Be an early applicant
Banking-as-a-Service platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
€85-110k
+ A variable remuneration program
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create a world where financial services seamlessly sync with life.
Role
Who you are
- Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team
- A degree in Computer Science, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience
- You have spent 5+ years of dedicated professional experience in Cloud Security Engineering, with a proven track record of securing complex AWS environments
- AWS WAF & Edge Security: Deep hands-on experience designing, implementing, and fine-tuning AWS WAF, AWS Shield, and CloudFront to protect public-facing application endpoints
- Advanced Terraform & IaC: Strong proficiency in Terraform and auditing IaC templates for security drifts
- AWS Security Governance: Mastery of AWS native security tools (IAM, KMS, Security Hub, GuardDuty) and multi-account security architecture
- Collaboration with Engineering: Experience working alongside separate, established Cloud Architecture or DevOps teams, acting as a security consultant rather than a solo administrator
- Understands agile workflows and lean principles
- Technical leadership, cross-team collaboration, and cloud governance focus
- Business proficient written and spoken English
- Highly Valued Certification: AWS Certified Security - Specialty. AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional) is a strong plus
- Exceptional diplomatic and communication skills to align security requirements with the objectives of the existing Architecture and Engineering teams
- Thinking: Structured and analytical approach to untangling legacy cloud setups and defining clear, secure milestones
- Empathic team player who avoids the "silo" mentality and focuses on enabling other teams to build securely
- Proactive peer that helps the growth of the team
- Curious, constant learner that is willing to share learning with others
What the job involves
- Partner closely with the existing Cloud Architecture and Engineering teams to audit the current AWS environment, identify security technical debt, and plan the refactoring of legacy resources into secure Terraform code
- Design, deploy, tune, and maintain AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) policies and rulesets to proactively protect corporate applications and APIs against application-layer attacks (OWASP Top 10, bots, and zero-day exploits)
- Establish and enforce cloud security guardrails, multi-account structures (AWS Organizations/Control Tower), and Service Control Policies (SCPs) in collaboration with the infrastructure team
- Help on define and audit AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategies, guiding engineering teams to transition from over-privileged legacy roles toward the principle of least privilege
- Manage and optimize cloud-native security monitoring and detection tools (AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Inspector, or KMS)
- Help on the incident respond for AWS-specific security alerts, performing cloud forensic analysis and coordinating containment strategies
- Ensure the AWS cloud ecosystem remains fully compliant with relevant financial regulations, internal policies, and security frameworks (NIST, CIS, BaFin requirements)
- Lead the security automatizations on the AWS environment
- Understanding of AWS native AI capabilities (ie Bedrock or Quick)
Our take
Many obstacles in place prevent companies from offering their own financial services. Complex and high-cost processes mean that companies find it difficult to build their own banking systems or even apply for a banking license. This can stunt development as it reduces a company's growth and expansion options.
Solaris offers a Banking-as-a-Service platform that allows companies to seamlessly integrate financial services within their existing operations, removing traditional hurdles that companies would have to face. The company differs from the competition through the use of an API for optimal integration. It also holds a full German banking license, granting it an efficient position to deal with any red tape and complex processes, taking this strain away from companies.
Through moves such as its acquisition of MER, as well as many other collaborations, Solaris has paved the way for increased operations across Europe to now offer significant market coverage. In the long run, the company aims to be the core banking service across Europe and a foundational platform through which all companies integrate financial services into their ecosystem.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Feb 2025
$160m
SERIES G
Mar 2024
$104.5m
SERIES F
Total funding: $746.6m
Company benefits
- Learning & development budget
- Remote working allowance
- Free online yoga
- Referral program
- Mental healthcare service
- Public transport allowance
- Partial lunch reimbursement
- Additional vacation days
- Glasses for laptop work
- Fruits and drinks at the office
- Volunteering days
Company HQ
Wrangelkiez, Berlin, BE
Leadership
Carsten Höltkemeyer
(CEO)Joined Solaris in 2022 as CEO. They are also an Executive Chairman at auxmoney. Previously they were the CFO of Merchant Services at Nets Group. CFO of Concardis Payment Group at Concardis, and a General Manager of Barclaycard Hamburg.
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