My client is a growing fintech organization based in NYC looking to bring on a hands on Head of Information Security. In this role, you will be an integral part of leading the infosec team in road mapping new technologies, bringing on board new solutions to improve their cloud security footprint and ensure that industry standards are met.
Responsibilities:
- Knowledge and understanding of security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, incident management.
- Good understanding in Identity Access Management tools such as OKTA or others and experience in implementing SSO and federation standards such as SAML, OIDC and MFA.
- Develop, implement, and manage security standards and operational processes to secure the AWS platform and resources such as EC2, S3, LB, GWs, and other AWS services.
- Experience in both Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, windows and Linux operating system.
- Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms (Splunk, ELK), logical thinking and ability to create searches, dashboards, etc. preferred.
- Ability to communicate network security issues to peers and management.
- Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols.
- Strong critical thinking, deductive reasoning, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with analyze/implement best practice configuration standards for systems and network devices.
- Ability to manage and lead complex enterprise-wide projects and multi-task.
- Experience with preparing standards/guidelines, playbooks, and procedure documents.
- Experience with managing projects, skills to prioritize project and tasks to meet deadlines.
- Automation experience in Python, PowerShell, and experience with Git for infrastructure as code management using Terraform and Terragrunt.
- Knowledge of various Security domains, Compliance requirements and Risk management practices and security industry standards and best practices – NIST, CSA, CIS etc.