Cloud Security Specialist Vacancy (Archive)

This company is a US company with a global customer base and globally distributed remote workforce. It is best known for the world’s most powerful time series database and analytics engine dedicated to financial applications. The company is a major supplier of market data for research and trading, and its regulatory products are used by the world’s largest exchange group, the world’s largest market-maker, the world’s largest options trader, and by regulators, banks, and brokerage firms around the world. 

This is an agile company with a staff of 200, strongly oriented toward software engineering and DevOps, using a modern Cloud-based technology stack.

Right now the company is looking for a Cloud Security Specialist who will bring their expertise to the company and will be part of a small team driving the cybersecurity strategy, implementation and compliance across the business. The new employee will help to implement Cloud-centric security policies, educate the staff, and work on security aspects of Cloud implementations for the customer.

What you will do:

• Contributing to Cloud security solutions such as SSO integration, security-oriented monitoring, encryption key management processes, identification and authentication.
• Monitoring and driving security policy compliance
• Responsible for establishing security requirements needed to provide services securely
• Assist with Cloud security assessments such as SOC-2 and client assessments
• Assist with hardening related to GDPR-sensitive data
• Implementation of new security-related technologies
• Responsible for embedding best practice security through evaluation of suppliers
• Defining requirements for risk and security and ensuring they are achieved
• Align activities to current BAU audit activities
• Manage and liaise with customer security representatives

Requirements:

• Familiar with SOC-2 or similar (e.g. ISO27001, COBIT)
• Familiar with Cloud Computing standards such as CSA CCM/STAR or ISO 17788/17789
• Good understanding of cloud security architecture, security assessments, audit standards for the Cloud (especially AWS), security threats in the cloud
• Practical experience with important elements of our technology stack including Terraform, Python, Ansible, AD, Kubernetes, and AWS native storage types and distributed computing technologies
• Understanding of Security processes and utilisation of security tools
• Relevant experience of RFQ,RFP evaluation and contract definition in Security, Risk & Compliance assessments
• Experience of security requirements in IT and Network technologies
• Private, hybrid and public cloud based solutions
• Good English language communication and presentation skills
• Detail-oriented with excellent time management skills

The company offers:

• A competitive salary which can be discussed according to your expectations and technical background
• Opportunity to work remotely
• A flexible start of the working day
• A Health & Wellness benefits budget which includes medical insurance, paid holidays and sick days