Hybrid Senior Security Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior Security Engineer protecting sensitive financial data and transaction platforms against cyber threats. Leading security measures and compliance within financial industry regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Reduce third-party risk exposure: improve our current third-party risk assessment process to identify high-risk vendors using AI tools or automation.
  • Implement comprehensive security logging and monitoring: ensure complete logging coverage across critical systems and deliver dashboards and metrics. Manage our SIEM, creating and responding to alerts.
  • Create, maintain, and update company policies. Work with auditors during the annual SOC 2 audit.
  • Improve our vulnerability and patch management: Create secure configuration baselines for servers, endpoints, and cloud.
  • Awareness training: Create a full-year program that includes phishing campaigns and awareness training.
  • Design and Implement Security Controls: Design, implement, and maintain security tools and technologies, including SIEM, EDR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, and DLP, to protect sensitive data.
  • Incident Response and Threat Detection: Lead threat detection efforts, incident response, and forensic investigations.
  • Vulnerability Management: Perform threat modeling and static/dynamic vulnerability assessments, and develop and implement remediation strategies for identified flaws (e.g., OWASP Top 10).
  • Compliance and Auditing: Ensure compliance with regulations and frameworks. Participate in audits and provide necessary evidence and remediation plans.
  • Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC): Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and promote secure coding best practices.
  • Automation and Scripting: Develop automated solutions and use scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash) to streamline security operations and monitoring processes.
  • Mentorship and Leadership: Provide technical direction and mentorship to junior team members, helping foster a strong, organization-wide security awareness culture.

Requirements

  • Experience: 5+ years of experience in a dedicated information security engineering role, preferably within the financial services or a highly regulated industry.
  • Technical Expertise: Strong working knowledge of network security fundamentals (TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP), cloud security models (AWS/GCP), and identity and access management (IAM, SSO, MFA).
  • Tools and Technologies: Hands-on experience with enterprise security tools, including SIEM platforms, vulnerability scanners, and EDR solutions.
  • Regulatory Knowledge: Deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
  • Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable recommendations for various stakeholders.
  • Certifications: Relevant security certifications are highly desirable, such as CISSP, CISM, or GIAC.
  • Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary.
  • Hybrid work arrangement if located in the Phoenix or New York area; otherwise, fully remote.
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance options, with low-cost premium structures that demonstrate our commitment to offering great value to our employees.
  • 100% company-paid basic life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance.
  • 100% paid parental leave upon eligibility.
  • Company equity managed through Carta.
  • 401k with match and 100% vesting upon hire.
  • Flexible PTO in an environment where taking time off to relax or recharge is supported and encouraged.
  • Take time off for holidays—and yes, your birthday counts too. Celebrate, relax, and recharge without thinking twice.

Job title

Senior Security Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$150,000 - $180,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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