Senior Cloud DevSecOps Engineer

What it's about

 

Global IT Services is responsible for all the information technology provided to our organization to achieve our mission and better serve Partners Group’s customers with excellence. We provision resilient, highly available, secure IT services and infrastructure, acting as a trusted Technology partner for Partners Group employees and IT service providers.  

As Senior DevSecOps Security Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in defining, maintaining, and implementing the Partners’ Group’s IT security strategy. You will apply your deep expertise in information security technologies, concepts, and methodologies to combat potential cyber threats and ensure regulatory compliance of Partners Group. 

You will find yourself engineering, implementing and managing security measures and IT security services to protect Partners Group's IT applications from vulnerabilities and cyber-attacks.

You will have the following responsibilities:

DevSecOps 

• Provide subject matter expertise for AWS infrastructure and application security design and implementation.
• Implement security controls and design requirements during the software development process and change management lifecycle.
• Demonstrate exceptional proficiency in identifying systems vulnerabilities and providing actionable remediation suggestions
• Define best in class authentication and authorization methods and access controls
• Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements
• Conduct or facilitate threat modelling of services and applications that tie to the risk and data associated with the service or application.
• Design technical solutions to address security weaknesses, and work with relevant stakeholders to implement them.

 

Innovate

• Research advanced approaches regarding application security best practices in the field to determine trends that may impact the operations and address services optimization and continuous improvement opportunities 
• Stay on the leading edge of IT security, vulnerability practices and remain current on new technologies and available vendor packages

 

Standardise & collaborate

• Provide guidance and expertise to ensure that IT security measures are effectively integrated into all aspects of the organization's IT landscape
• Participate in application and infrastructure projects to provide security-planning advice 
   

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• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related quantitative field
• 7+ years of relevant working experience or working in similar role, preferably in the financial industry 
• Deep understanding of "security by design" and "privacy by design" concepts, able to articulate secure architectural options to technical and non-technical stakeholders and provide recommendations  
• Experience with continuous integration, continuous delivery, test development, release management and related CI/CD and DevOps tooling (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.) 
• Demonstrable skills in two or more programming/scripting languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.)
• Solid experience and proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipeline tooling (Terraform, Gitlab)
• Strong planning, strategic thinking, and prioritization skills 
• Proactive and excellent communicator with a team-oriented approach to solve business problems with entrepreneurial mindset to constantly improve the status quo 
• Ability to keep up with the state-of-the art security and cloud computing trends in the market and quickly comprehend how to apply to Partners Group environments 

 

Desired:

• Cloud security related certification (preferably AWS Certified Security)
• Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate or equivalent accreditation is a plus
• Practical experience of at least one common Enterprise Agile Framework e.g., Kanban,  SCRUM, etc or with ITSM/ITIL
• Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate or equivalent accreditation is a plus
   

What we offer

 

Partners Group is a global financial institution that retains the culture, pace and agility of a start-up. As a growing firm, we are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best talent, by offering a workplace where results are truly recognized and rewarded. We offer a fantastic opportunity for you to grow:

Professional, international working environment

 

• Challenging, rewarding career within a growing company
• Collaborative environment, with on-the-job training and mentorship opportunities
• One-month sabbatical after every five years of service
• Education assistance program
• Fun office and team events, including volunteer opportunities to connect with and help our local communities

 

 

www.partnersgroup.com