Information Security Engineer

Description

At Funding Circle there’s a mission that drives everything we do. Around the world, we want to help small businesses get the finance they need to thrive, creating thousands of jobs as they drive the economy forward.

We have teams in London, Denver, and San Francisco, we’re fusing finance and tech to build new opportunities for those who want to achieve more.

Are you made to do more? Join us!

As an Information Security Engineer you will…

• Coordinate with development, infrastructure, and IT teams to produce systems that are inherently secure
• Find security vulnerabilities in our infrastructure, raise them with the affected teams, and advise them on how best to mitigate them
• Train development, infrastructure, and IT teams on security best practices
• Properly balance security risk against the other needs of the business
• Triage issues found by tools, external reports, and various tests, to accurately assess the real risks
• Manage penetration testing engagements on our infrastructure

You’ve been there and done this…

• 2+ years experience in an infrastructure security role, or a role that works closely with infrastructure security
• BS or MS in Computer Science or Information Security or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with various forms of encryption and hashing, and their appropriate use cases
• Hands-on experience in IaaS (preferably Amazon Web Services), including Identity and Access Management roles
• Strong understanding of network security techniques
• Experience with infrastructure threat modeling and secure design
• Strong understanding of the OWASP Top Ten
• Ability to independently prioritize multiple competing tasks
• Ability to participate in occasional off-hours handling of security incidents
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with other technical teams
• Excellent communication skills, in both technical and non-technical topics

It would be great if you’ve also…

• Written code professionally (especially in Python)
• Formally trained others on technical topics

At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.