About the role

  • Lead Cyber Security Engineer for fast-growing fintech company specializing in credit card solutions. Focus on designing and implementing cybersecurity in cloud-first, API-driven environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical execution of the cybersecurity program
  • Provide leadership to a team of cybersecurity engineers, including performance coaching, workload prioritization, and professional development
  • Design and operate security controls across AWS environments
  • Implement and maintain IAM, encryption, secrets management, and network security
  • Define and enforce secure API and application security standards
  • Integrate security tooling into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning)
  • Perform threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and remediation
  • Monitor security events and lead technical incident response
  • Support SOC 2, PCI DSS, and related audit and compliance activities
  • Conduct security reviews of vendors, partners, and third-party integrations
  • Act as a security subject-matter expert and advisor to engineering teams

Requirements

  • BA or BS Degree in Computer Science or related degree is preferred
  • High School Diploma or GED required
  • Minimum of 6–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, or software engineering is required
  • 2–4 years in a senior or lead security engineering role
  • Hands-on experience securing cloud-native, SaaS or FinTech platforms
  • Direct experience with AWS-based, API-heavy architectures
  • Strong hands-on experience with: AWS IAM, VPC, KMS, Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail
  • Secure API design (OAuth2, JWTs, mTLS)
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
  • CI/CD security and DevSecOps practices
  • Solid understanding of OWASP Top 10 and API Security Top 10
  • Strong technical judgment and ownership mindset
  • Ability to communicate security risks clearly to engineers and leadership
  • Pragmatic, risk-based approach to security
  • Comfortably operating independently and remaining deeply hands-on
  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification is a plus
  • CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or GIAC certifications are preferred
  • Experience in regulated FinTech or financial services environments preferred

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Hybrid work schedule allows for three (3) core days in the office and two (2) remote workdays

Job title

Lead Cyber Security Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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