Security failures rarely come from missing TLS. They come from authorization gaps. This's a deep dive into building Zero-Trust systems with AWS Verified Permissions, where every API call is evaluated, enforcing least privilege. So, the question is simple: Should this request be allowed or not?
SRE & Cloud Engineer Bruno Paiuca is the founder and CEO of Opsteam — a boutique consultancy specialized in mission-critical operations, SRE, and FinOps for SaaS platforms, marketplaces, and digital-native companies running on AWS. As an SRE and cloud engineer, Bruno has over a decade of experience optimizing performance, scalability, and reliability in the cloud. He has led large-scale architecture and cost-optimization projects for companies like SimplesVet, Woba, Ana Gaming, Kabum, and MaxMilhas, helping them achieve zero-downtime performance even under Black Friday–level traffic. A hands-on engineer, he works daily with Kubernetes, Kafka, Flink, and Aurora MySQL, embedding security, observability, and reliability across every layer of the stack. He is also an active member of the AWS ecosystem — and in 2025, Opsteam is a proud sponsor of AWS Community Day Brasil, reaffirming its commitment to strengthening the local cloud-native and SRE communities. Bruno believes that security, performance, and reliability are inseparable pillars of modern architecture. Through Opsteam’s mission-critical culture and close collaboration with the AWS community, he helps engineering teams evolve from reactive operations to proactive, secure-by-design cloud strategies.
