Security Engineer

20672
  • Negotiable
  • London, , - None Specified -
  • Permanent
  • Cyber Security and IT Risk
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:
 
  • 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
Andrew Nitek Associate Vice President

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