SENIOR DEVSECOPS ENGINEER (M/W/D) - SCAYLE PAYMENT - HAMBURG OR BERLIN (HYBRID)

We are looking for a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to join our Payment team, which is responsible for the complete payment lifecycle, from customers first placing their orders within the Checkout to handling the refund of a returned item weeks later. Between these two points, the team interacts with a multitude of internal and external players, spanning from internal business to other tech teams and multiple payment providers in a variety of countries. The applications the Payment team maintains span from high traffic & fault tolerance API hubs to security-conscious and reliable backend processing engines. AWS Datadog Kubernetes PostgreSQL WHAT WILL YOU DO Own and evolve our AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), ensuring scalability, reliability, and security by design Design, automate, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI), embedding security controls (e.g., SAST/DAST) directly into development workflows Lead monitoring and observability initiatives (e.g., Datadog), proactively identifying system risks and driving incident response and resolution Define and implement cloud security best practices, including IAM, RBAC, vulnerability management, and infrastructure hardening across environments Drive security initiatives such as patch management, threat detection (e.g., GuardDuty, Falco), and credential leak prevention across systems and repositories Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering teams, contributing to architectural decisions and leading security audits and compliance efforts WHO YOU ARE You bring 5+ years in DevOps/SRE and 3+ years in security-focused roles, with a proven track record in securing cloud-native systems at scale You have deep hands-on experience with AWS and Kubernetes in production environments, including strong knowledge of IAM and RBAC models You are highly proficient in Terraform and CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI), and comfortable coding in at least one language (Go, Python, or JavaScript) You have solid experience with data storage systems (e.g., PostgreSQL) and a working understanding of data pipelines/ETL processes (e.g., AWS Glue) You have strong expertise in cloud security, monitoring, and observability, including tools like Datadog, GuardDuty, Falco, or similar You are a proactive problem-solver with strong communication skills, comfortable working in Agile environments, and fluent in English