At Keboola, we’ve built a team culture based on learning, innovation and most importantly trust. As we’ve grown we continue to embrace the startup vibe and foster a fast-paced and challenging environment. What is unique about our company, is that everyone has a voice and is welcomed to use it. We’re global but well connected and agile. Keboola has offices and team members spanning across Europe and North America. Gartner has recognized our company as a Data Operating Systems organization.
We are looking for an experienced Cloud Security Engineer (senior or mid-senior level) who wants to make an impact in a growing SaaS-based company. You will work in a team of six experienced SRE engineers, take care of the security infrastructure, improve the security and reliability of Keboola's platform, and design and implement new security architecture patterns.
You will also work closely with our backend engineers, supporting them, preparing and providing best practices, tooling, etc., to help them secure services at scale and for the best cost. The ideal candidate will have a background in software engineering, cloud security, and an understanding of cloud providers, infrastructure as a code, and container security.
The team communicates mostly in Czech/Slovak, but you must be able to speak with other teams in English. For onboarding, you will receive a set of training materials and descriptions of technologies we use, and will participate in a Keboola onboarding program.
What you’ll do
Design, implement, and oversee the security architecture of new and existing services, ensuring robust protection across the platform.
Lead security assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities and implement necessary countermeasures.
Identify, define and document system security requirements and recommend solutions to management.
Conduct security code reviews and provide feedback to ensure adherence to best practices and compliance requirements.
Collaborate on the development of security policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Implement and manage security monitoring tools and systems to detect and respond to security incidents.
Guide and mentor team members on security best practices and emerging threats.
Develop and implement automated security tests, including the creation of custom penetration tests.
Support the team in managing security incidents by developing response strategies, advising on best practices, and ensuring effective incident resolution. What we look for and what are the skills you need to have
Over two years’ experience as a Cloud Security Engineer, or equivalent experience in securing production services and containerized environments focusing on Kubernetes.
Experience with zero trust architecture and implementing zero trust principles in cloud environments.
Expertise in securing applications and infrastructure on GCP, AWS, or Azure, including identity and access management (IAM), network security (e.g., VPC, security groups, firewalls), encryption mechanisms, security logging etc.
Strong knowledge of Kubernetes security practices and tools, including RBAC, network policies, secrets management, monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and policy enforcement.
Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation), securing CI/CD pipelines, and automating security checks within deployment processes.
Experience with security monitoring, intrusion detection systems, and incident response.
Familiarity with compliance standards such as GDPR, HIPAA, or SOC 2.
Ability to perform threat modeling and vulnerability assessments.
Proficiency with UNIX-based systems, scripting, and automation tools.
We also require some essential soft skills
Strong documentation skills to create detailed and clear security documentation and incident reports.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an attention to detail.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, sharing knowledge and expertise.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
High degree of self-organization and discipline, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
A proactive mindset with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
Resilience and the ability to handle stressful situations calmly and effectively. A little bit more about the opportunity
Autonomy within your position. We are focused on outcomes, not micromanaging everything that you do. We love free company movement.
Work with great brands both locally and worldwide. Ask us who we were working with!
Work with new industry-leading data technologies.
The opportunity to create the job you want that fits in with the life you want. We know there is life outside of work, and think fulfilment is achieved when all areas of your life fit together.
We believe the best people are a bit weird and have an inner engine that drives them.
We strive to push people for career development. You can look forward to the following benefits
Competitive compensation.
Generous paid vacation time. And we mean generous.
Cool new offices in the heart of Holesovice in Prague.
We are a company born in the cloud means we are relatively location independent. Want to take an extra-long trip while working on the beach (or forest, or desert?), go ahead - make sure to send us a postcard.
No set office hours and flexibility (aside from when you are placed on-call to support customers). Keboola’s Core Values
Care, love and respect
No BS
Get your stuff done and do a bit more
Create and innovate
Learn!
One team Additional Information
Come One, Come All
Keboola provides equal employment opportunities to all employees, consultants, and applicants for employment. We do not discriminate on any basis. Here’s the thing: we don’t care what color you are, who you pray to, what gender you identify with, if you have tattoos or your hair is blue. We hire based on skill and culture fit. It really is that simple.
More About Keboola
Every day Keboola connects data, systems, and people to do their best work all in one place. Keboola is a hybrid, multi-cloud data platform that reduces your day-to-day complexity with data by streamlining and automating your data processes and systems, creating a scalable data structure that works best for you, and aligns business and IT in a secure environment so they can do meaningful work together. Hundreds of innovative companies use Keboola to unlock their data-driven power. The company has offices in Chicago, Vancouver, London, and Prague. For more information, connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or visit keboola.com.
