Information Security Engineer

Description

Information Security Engineer Job DescriptionLondon

Funding Circle brings together small businesses and investors in a way that is truly revolutionary. We foster an environment where small business can thrive. Our platform provides a marketplace where investors receive better returns and small businesses find lower rates. The driving force behind our product is our InfoSec team and we want you to be a part of it!

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…

• Professional 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 prioritise 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

Why Join Us?

Happy employees are productive employees, that’s why we offer a hearty benefits package including:

• Our employees make our mission a reality, and we want you to share in the companies success by offering generous shares.
• Cool kit - Mac or PC
• Private healthcare, pension and healthcare cash back schemes
• Discounted onsite gym membership
• Learning and development through FC Academy
• Personal development funding
• Flexible working
• Free breakfast, barista coffee and discounted hot lunch at our Funderbar!
• We are a regular host of Meet-Ups and events.
• Company wide socials