Senior Network Edge Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Network Edge Engineer (Fintech): Owns and evolves the cloud WAF stack, protecting public APIs and frontends at scale with an accent on defining and tuning rules, policies, and traffic flows. Focus on automating key deployment and configuration workflows, minimizing manual work, and leading incident response for network and WAF-related security events.

Location: Barcelona / Argentina / Madrid / Buenos Aires / Montevideo (Hybrid)

Company

hirify.global enables the biggest companies in the world to collect payments in 40 countries in emerging markets.

What you will do

• Own and continuously evolve the cloud WAF stack, defining and tuning rules, policies, and traffic flows.
• Build and maintain end‑to‑end HTTP/HTTPS observability, including structured logging, dashboards, and alerting.
• Drive WAF and networking infrastructure as code (IaC), fully integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and operate VPCs and core network services, making sure they are resilient, scalable, and aligned with our global network and security architecture.
• Automate key deployment and configuration workflows, minimizing manual work, human error, and operational risk.
• Lead and actively participate in incident response for network and WAF‑related security, performance, and availability events.

Requirements

• Solid, hands‑on experience managing and configuring WAFs in cloud environments, protecting high‑traffic web applications and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of networking and protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS, DNS, routing, load balancers, VPN/IPsec).
• Practical experience with at least one cloud provider (ideally AWS) and its networking components.
• Real‑world experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD pipelines to manage network and WAF changes.
• Experience in observability and monitoring: log, metric and trace analysis, building actionable dashboards and alerts.
• Strong communication and cross‑team collaboration skills, with English good enough to document and coordinate in writing and in calls.

Nice to have

• Exposure to PCI-DSS framework or any other relevant security standard.
• Good knowledge of security architectures, both monoliths and microservices.
• Good understanding about Machine learning, RAG, and LLM logic in context of security results.
• Previous work in high‑criticality environments (payments, fintech, banking, global e‑commerce).
• Background as a network/security architect, able to propose end‑to-end designs and explain technical and business trade‑offs.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexibility: flexible schedules and performance-driven environment.
• Fintech industry: dynamic and ever-evolving environment.
• Referral bonus program: reward for referring ideal candidates.
• Learning & development: access to a Premium Coursera subscription.
• Language classes: free English, Spanish, or Portuguese classes.
• Social budget: monthly budget for team activities.

Hiring process

• The Talent Acquisition team will review your CV.
• You will be kept posted by email at every step of the process.