Pragmatike

Fintech / Payments Infrastructure / Enterprise SaaS

DevSecOpsEngineer

Portugal FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“DevSec Ops Engineer at Pragmatike. Skills: AWS, PCI DSS, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, Cloud Security. Lead implementation of PCI DSS controls across infrastructure and application layers. Design and secure AWS infrastructure using best practices around IAM, networking, and encryption”

What You'll Achieve.

Strengthening security, compliance, and infrastructure maturity; Lead the evolution of the company’s security posture; Lead the evolution of the company’s enterprise-grade infrastructure foundation; Designing secure cloud architectures; Implementing PCI DSS controls; Improving platform resilience; Embedding security best practices across the engineering organization; Define scalable infrastructure standards; Shape the company’s long-term security and compliance strategy; Improve deployment reliability across environments; Improve platform scalability, observability, reliability, and fault tolerance; Improve cloud cost optimization and operational efficiency

Industry & Context.

Fintech / Payments Infrastructure / Enterprise SaaS
Problems you'll solve

Ownership mindset with problem-solving capabilities

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or related backend infrastructure roles, hands-on AWS experience in production environments, Proven experience implementing or working with PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar compliance frameworks, Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CDK, Pulumi, or similar technologies, Deep understanding of: IAM and least-privilege access design, Deep understanding of: Network security concepts (VPCs, subnets, isolation, segmentation), Deep understanding of: Encryption, secrets management, and secure infrastructure design, Experience building and operating secure, scalable cloud systems, understanding of DevSecOps principles and secure CI/CD workflows, Ability to make pragmatic infrastructure and security decisions in fast-moving environments, communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams, Ownership mindset with problem-solving capabilities

Nice to Have

Experience in fintech, payments, or other highly regulated environments, Familiarity with TypeScript / Node. js ecosystems, Experience with monitoring, logging, and incident response tooling, Exposure to distributed systems and high-availability architectures, Experience improving cloud cost optimization and operational efficiency, Previous experience in startup or scale-up environments, Familiarity with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, or similar production databases

What You'll Do.

Lead implementation of PCI DSS controls across infrastructure and application layers

Design and secure AWS infrastructure using best practices around IAM

Own Infrastructure as Code and improve deployment reliability across environments

Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows

Improve platform scalability

Manage security tooling

and incident readiness processes

Partner with auditors and internal stakeholders on compliance initiatives

Define cloud security and infrastructure best practices across the engineering team

Mentor engineers on secure infrastructure and development practices

Contribute to long-term platform architecture and operational strategy

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with engineering leadership and product teams; Collaborate across technical and non-technical teams; Partner with auditors and internal stakeholders; Define cloud security and infrastructure best practices across the engineering team; Mentor engineers on secure infrastructure and development practices; Join a product-focused, collaborative engineering culture

Communication Scope

Fluent English required; communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams

Full Job Description

Location: Fully remote (EMEA timezone) Start date: ASAP Languages: Fluent English required Industry: Fintech / Payments Infrastructure / Enterprise SaaS ABOUT THE ROLE Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing fintech company building modern payment infrastructure for the travel and airline industry. Their platform enables complex multi-party and multi-method payment orchestration, helping enterprise clients recover revenue and process transactions more efficiently at scale. Operating in a high-compliance environment, the company is now entering a critical phase focused on strengthening security, compliance, and infrastructure maturity across the platform. We are seeking a Security & Infrastructure Engineer with strong AWS and compliance experience to lead the evolution of the company’s security posture and enterprise-grade infrastructure foundation. This is a highly impactful, hands-on role focused on designing secure cloud architectures, implementing PCI DSS controls, improving platform resilience, and embedding security best practices across the engineering organization. You will work closely with engineering leadership and product teams to define scalable infrastructure standards while helping shape the company’s long-term security and compliance strategy. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead implementation of PCI DSS controls across infrastructure and application layers - Design and secure AWS infrastructure using best practices around IAM, networking, and encryption - Own Infrastructure as Code and improve deployment reliability across environments - Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows - Improve platform scalability, observability, reliability, and fault tolerance - Manage security tooling, monitoring, logging, and incident readiness processes - Partner with auditors and internal stakeholders on compliance initiatives - Define cloud security and infrastructure best practices across the engineering team - Mentor engineers on sec

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