Information Security Engineer - Cryptocurrency Trading - Singapore

GSR is a leading market-making and programmatic trading company in the exciting and fast-evolving world of cryptocurrency trading. We provide sophisticated execution and liquidity services to token projects, institutional and HNW investors, and crypto exchanges. 
We are looking for an experienced Security Engineer to join our global and highly specialist Information Technology team. You will be instrumental in maintaining a corporate-wide information security program and controls to ensure that information assets are adequately protected. You will also act as an advisor to the various business units.
This position requires strong knowledge of security concepts, tools (anti-virus, IPS) and programs (vulnerability management, incident management, identity & access management, data loss prevention). Your contribution will be fundamental to shape the firm's IT security ecosystem. 

Responsibilities:

• Work with IT leadership and business stakeholders to define metrics and reporting strategies that effectively communicate successes and progress of the security program.
• Manages the process of gathering, and analyzing the current and future threat landscape.
• Performs control and vulnerability assessments to identify control weaknesses and assess the effectiveness of existing controls, and recommends remedial action.
• Coordinate the Security Event Information Management, log analysis (i.e. Splunk, or similar), application whitelisting and malware analysis, quarantine and eradications.
• Manage and coordinate operational components of incident management, including detection, response and reporting.
• Collaborate with our engineering, DevOps, IT teams and also help design, build, test, and implement information security technologies and infrastructure.
• Provide technical support for the establishment, and implementation, of end-to-end security solutions utilizing new technologies.

Some deliverables are:

• Help develop solutions to tackle security challenges to protect employee and consumer data.
• Develop and validate baseline security configurations for operating systems, applications, networking and telecommunications equipment.
• Ensure corporate standards are properly communicated to technology units, business partners and customer teams.
• Assist in the design and oversight of security testing procedures to verify the security of systems, networks and applications, and manage the remediation of identified risks.
• Maintain a knowledge base comprising a technical reference library, security advisories and alerts, information on security trends and practices, and laws and regulations.
• Perform day-to-day activities for threat and vulnerability management, identify risks, and identify possible treatment plans.
• Provides technical expertise for vulnerability management, patch management, and security baselines.

Your Profile:

• Minimum – Three years relevant experience.
• At least 1 certification among: GSEC, MCSA, GCIH, ENSA, GCED, ENSA.
• Desire to automate existing processes using modern scripting language or automation tools.
• Incident response & security investigation experience.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with technical security controls and vulnerabilities including IPS, anti-virus, vulnerability scanners, firewalls, and other security devices.
• Pen-testing, red team, blue team, and CTF experience.

Founded in 2013, we specialize in providing liquidity, risk management and structured products to institutional participants in the digital asset ecosystem. Our team of veteran finance and technology executives from Goldman Sachs, Two Sigma, Citadel, Blackstone and Tower Research among others, has developed one of the world’s fastest and most robust trading platforms. 
GSR works with token issuers, traders, investors, miners, and more than 50 cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. As a founding member of The Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM), GSR is also a leader in establishing and maintaining industry standards and protocols to support the healthy development and evolution of the global digital assets serving key exchanges and clients globally. GSR is an international company with operations in the USA, Europe and Asia. 
GSR is proudly an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon any applicable legally protected characteristics such as race, religion, colour, country of origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression or age. We operate a meritocracy, all aspects of people engagement from the decision to hire or promote as well as our performance management process will be based on the business needs and individual merit, competence in the role.
Learn more about us at www.gsr.io.