Harrington Starr are seeking a Lead Security Engineer for a highly regarded/ global quantitative finance company. Joining a small but highly specialist team we are looking for a hands-on engineer with a skillset encompassing threat detection, threat modelling, cloud security application security. It will suit someone who would enjoy working in a varied technical role with the opportunity to also play a key business facing role in driving the cyber strategy.
Role on a day to day basis will include:
Key skills needed:
Role on a day to day basis will include:
- Owning the security of the platform from an application and infrastructure perspective
- Implementing vulnerability management processes covering first party and third-party code.
- Work with DevOps team to integrate security in the development process and pipelines
- Undertaking threat modelling and penetration testing for all services.
- Threat detection - Improving the detection stack via automation.
- Helping define the infosec strategy across the organisation.
- Monitoring adherence to information security standards including NIST, ISO27001 and SOC2
Key skills needed:
- 4 years minimum in in a security engineering role encompassing SIEM, endpoint detection and response. Will suit someone in a lager team looking for a broader role or someone in a small team with a varied technical skillset.
- A good understanding of threat actors and latest techniques.
- Hands-on experience in cloud, infrastructure and application security
- Solid python scripting for security automation/ threat detection
- Experience of working with development teams for secure coding standards
- Experience of working with a regulated financial services company highly desirable – fintech scale-ups, hedge funds, commodities or wealth/ investment management or trading preferred