Eye Security is providing cybersecurity with embedded cyber insurance solutions for organizations in Europe. Headquartered in the Netherlands, we are already over 170 FTEs and continue to grow internationally.
We combine cutting-edge technology with hands-on expertise to detect, respond to, and recover from cyber threats in real time. Our team brings together talent from intelligence, military, tech, and consulting backgrounds — all united by a shared mission: to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity accessible to every business, not just the big players.
At Eye, you’ll work on projects with an international footprint, solving real-world challenges and helping to build a safer digital future for our clients.
About this roleWe are looking for a Staff Infrastructure Engineer (f/m/x) to become a driving force in shaping our infrastructure and influencing company-wide engineering outcomes. This is a high-impact position where you will strategically design, implement, and optimize our cloud infrastructure on AWS to ensure scalability, security, and reliability.
In this role, you will act as a recognized authority in infrastructure. You will mentor senior engineers, lead organization-wide initiatives, and provide strategic direction to elevate our infrastructure capabilities. You will also collaborate closely with engineering teams, principal engineers, and stakeholders to ensure our platform empowers them to build and deploy innovative products efficiently and securely.
This is a unique opportunity to make an immediate impact in a growing company with a clear vision for the future. You will be part of a talented team of engineers passionate about building secure and scalable solutions, while being at the forefront of innovation and shaping the future of our technology infrastructure.
What you will doStrategically design, build, and maintain highly scalable and resilient infrastructure on AWS.
Lead the development and implementation of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform.
Architect and implement serverless solutions with AWS Lambda and related technologies.
Take ownership of monitoring and observability strategy using tools like Grafana and Sentry.
Collaborate with engineering teams, principal engineers, and technology stakeholders to deliver secure and cutting-edge infrastructure solutions.
Drive initiatives to improve infrastructure security posture, implementing best practices and ensuring compliance.
Identify and solve complex organizational infrastructure challenges, providing strategic direction and influencing company-level technical decisions.
Mentor senior infrastructure engineers and contribute to the overall expertise of the team.
Evaluate and introduce new infrastructure technologies and methodologies.
Define and enforce infrastructure standards and best practices across the engineering organization.
Support your engineering manager in upleveling the team through coaching, feedback, and growth opportunities.
Continuously improve our ways of working, processes, and tools within the infrastructure team.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of experience in Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps, or related fields with significant experience in AWS.
Deep expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code principles and extensive experience with Terraform.
Strong understanding of serverless architectures and AWS Lambda.
Proven ability to design and implement monitoring and observability solutions using Grafana, Sentry, or similar.
Expert-level knowledge of AWS services and best practices for security, scalability, and reliability.
Strong proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python or Bash.
Proven ability to define and implement deployment strategies including blue/green and canary deployments.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to tackle complex infrastructure challenges.
Prior experience mentoring engineers in a staff or principal-level capacity.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, fluency in English required.
Experience working in a start-up or scale-up environment, comfortable with fast-paced and evolving needs.
A passion for building reliable and efficient infrastructure that empowers engineering teams.
Background in cost optimization, compliance, or developer platform enablement.
Experience with additional observability or security tools beyond Grafana and Sentry.
A meaningful mission: protect organizations across Europe from real-world cyber threats
Work with top-tier professionals from national CERTs, intelligence agencies, and leading tech backgrounds
A remote-friendly culture with quarterly meetups and annual company retreats (in Spain, Portugal, Italy…)
Weekly lunches (NL) and Thursday socials to stay connected
A generous time-off policy, including wellbeing and volunteering days
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What We Do
Eye Security protects small and medium-sized European enterprises from cyber threats and the high costs that follow after a successful attack. We are a specialized team of people with a background in intelligence services as well as commercial environments. We understand the threat landscape and the difficulties entrepreneurs face in battling cybercrime. Our goal is to unburden SME's with an affordable all-in-one service that safeguards them against threats targeted to their industry. Our service combines endpoint monitoring with awareness campaigns, a 24/7 incident response strategy and a cyber insurance. Your company, our cyber expertise. Together we keep your business running.
Want to join our mission? Visit our career page: https://jobs.eye.security
