Company Overview
It is a global investment management firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. We strive to deliver superior, long-term results for our clients by seeking to filter out market noise to identify and isolate what matters most, and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing. Underpinning this philosophy is an unrelenting commitment to excellence in technology — powering our insights and analysis. This unique combination has made us leaders in alternative and traditional strategies from past 30 years.
Job Description
This role will require detailed understanding of application security threats including but not limited to misconfiguration of application setup, unauthorized access, insecure APIs and interfaces, and other common threat vectors. The Security Engineer will also be responsible for mentoring and coaching junior security engineering professionals focused on implementing and operating security technologies.
Partnering as a technical security engineering expert alongside application development leads
Evangelizing DevSecOps principles that focus on fully integrating security into the continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines for automated deployment
Designing application security solutions that leverage AWS services
Providing deep application security knowledge with respect to cloud native applications
Advising and implementing AWS cloud security best practices (e.g., SecurityHub)
Working as both an infrastructure security and application security specialist
Requirements
Experience (5+ years) in engineering highly technical security infrastructure environments, preferably in Financial Services or related verticals with regulatory requirements
Experience (4+ years) in implementing security engineering projects in Amazon Web Services (AWS) with an emphasis on application security design and principles
BS level technical degree or equivalent experience; Computer Science or Engineering background preferred; Master’s Degree preferred
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to partner with senior application development leads