Senior Cloud Engineer (Zürich / London / Berlin / Remote in Europe)

Your journey starts here - We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our team, and lead the way towards safe and secure AI.

We live in a world where companies are integrating AI across use cases at lightning speeds. Development teams are under pressure to keep up with this progress. Cybersecurity engineers know that more growth means more security risks.

This is where Lakera jumps in. Our products are like superhero suits. Once activated, they let dev teams unlock their full power of AI, while protecting them at all times.

Our flagship product, Lakera Guard,  lets teams break through without any of the risks. It lets developers scan through, prioritize, and fix AI security hiccups in no time. Threats have got nowhere to hide!

Location(s): Preferably Zurich, London or Berlin - also open to receiving applications from candidates remotely based in Europe (travel to Switzerland and other European locations required)

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS for our SaaS product.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand technical requirements and translate them into cloud architecture and design.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient and automated deployment processes.
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance, security and cost efficiency of cloud resources.
• Implement and maintain security best practices for cloud-based environments, including access controls, network security, and data protection.
• Identify areas in which Lakera can improve cloud security, implement solutions and mentor Lakera's engineers on these areas.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and application deployments.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in cloud computing, AWS services, and related technologies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Strong experience in designing, building, and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Experienced in setting up cloud infrastructures from scratch.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Deep understanding of AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, Lambda, and VPC, and their best practices.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, or the ELK stack.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g. Python and Bash).
• Knowledge of networking principles and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS).
• Understanding of security concepts and best practices in cloud environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.