Senior Systems Security Engineer
US or Canada, Remote
Synctera
Synctera is a Banking as a Service platform for quickly building and launching fully compliant bank accounts, debit cards, charge cards, lending, and morePlease note that although all positions at Synctera are remote, candidates must be located and authorized to work in the US or Canada as a precondition of employment. Synctera does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
What We're Doing
At Synctera, we’re powering the future of FinTech. We help companies create new revenue streams and enhance their value proposition with FinTech apps and embedded banking products. With APIs, compliance support, and bank partners in one end-to-end Banking as a Service platform, Synctera is the fastest and easiest way to build, launch, and scale bank accounts, debit cards, charge cards, lending, and more.
We are looking for interesting, curious, wickedly smart people who are ready to jump in and run with our fast-growing team. If you want to have fun at work, collaborate with some of the sharpest people in the industry, grow the FinTech and Banking as a Service ecosystem, and love to win, read on!
What we’re looking for
We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable System Security Engineer to join the Synctera team! As a System Security Engineer, you will be responsible for planning, implementing and managing the overall system security strategy for our platform and consult with various Fintech’s & Banks on endpoint security best practices. Your focus will be on hardening our platform, networks, leading penetration testing & establishing continuous improving security best practices
What you'll do
- Regularly perform security checks and troubleshooting
- Tracking risks and conducting ongoing security assessments PCI-DSS, SOC2, Pen testing
- Identify security threats in a timely manner
- Assess existing security issues within the organization
- Set up firewalls and systems to identifying intrusions, configuring these to suit the needs of the organization
- Implementing a system of automation within the organization to ensure effective and efficient security protocols
- Investigate breaches and implement solid plans of incident response, learning from past shortcomings to create ever more robust security protocols
- Stay on top of industry standards and ensure complete compliance
- Stay on top of developments in the industry, and applying these in a considered manner within the organization
- Conduct testing and deliver insightful reports based on findings
- Analyze changing security requirements across the whole lifecycle of a product, and make sure these are met at every stage
- Oversee any developments within the organization to make sure security is maintained
- Outline internal security policies for the organization
- Work with with the platform, fronting and engineering team to champion security best practices
- Perform regular audits and provide reports
What you'll bring
Must Have:
- 5+ years of experience as a Infrastructure Security Engineer, System Security Expert, or similar role
- Strong experience within Linux and Unix environments
- Fluent proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably Go (Golang) or Python
- Proficiency in Terraform
- Certification, such as CCNA or OSCE or OSCP
- Deep Knowledge of networking protocols, such as TCP/IP, HTTP and HTTPS, as well as their underlying implementations
- Knowledge of potential attack vectors such as XSS, injection, hijacking, social engineering, and so on
- Knowledge of Content Delivery Networks, Cloud Infrastructure (GCP) & general database infrastructure
- Knowledge of Agile Development processes
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Team player
- Good time-management skills
- Great interpersonal and communication skills
Nice to Have:
- Experience working in a startup environment
- Experience with Financial service sector
Diversity & Inclusion
Synctera is committed to having a workforce that is reflective of the diversity within the United States and Canada. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented communities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity, and all those who can provide different perspectives and contribute to the diversification of Synctera.
Benefits
- 100% employer paid medical, dental, and vision benefits for US and Canadian employees and dependents
- Employer contribution to HSA for US employees
- Annual HCSA and generous extended health care coverage for Canadian employees and dependents
- 401(k) for US employees and RRSP for Canadian employees
- Mental health resources available for all employees
- Unlimited paid time off
- Generous paid new parent leave program
- Home office setup stipend
- Stock options program for all employees
- Growth potential and opportunity to have a significant impact at an early stage of our company's journey
- Working with a team of rockstars (+ a monthly happy hour with the team!)
To all recruiters and recruitment agencies: Synctera does not accept unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or to Synctera employees without an active vendor agreement in place. Synctera is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
Tags: Agile APIs Audits Automation Banking Cloud Compliance Endpoint security FinTech Firewalls GCP Golang Incident response Linux OSCE OSCP Pentesting Python Security assessment Security strategy SOC 2 Strategy TCP/IP Terraform UNIX XSS
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