Information Security Engineer
Location
India | India
Job description
Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks a Senior Security Engineer to join our Information Security team.
The position calls for using a diverse set of technical and security skills with the ability to quickly adapt to and learn unfamiliar technologies within a regulated financial environment.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop/implement automated systems (python/bash) to help spot known security exposures.
- Engineer/administer security infrastructure to optimize efficiency, expand capabilities, meet client requirements.
- Support security infrastructure and act as an escalation point for the firm in troubleshooting/supporting any issues. (Hashicorp vault / IAM / SIEM / EDR).
- Consult on discovered security flaws, how to exploit them, and how to remediate flaws.
- Participate in attack simulation exercises on a periodic basis.
- Contribute to threat and vulnerability management.
- Continuous assessment around the effectiveness of defense response.
- Ensure adherence to appropriate standards, best practices, workplace policies and procedures.
- Work effectively as a team member, providing hands-on support to clients, maintaining communication and updating senior staff on progress.
- Participate in Incident Response procedures if/when required.
Skills and attributes for success
- Exposure to Unix/Linux environments, with knowledge of commands & shell.
- Scripting and or development capability a must (python/bash)
- Strong understanding of the intelligence lifecycle and models including Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Exposure and understanding of cyber threats in the financial sector
- Understand DeFi / Blockchain thoroughly.
- Experience with SIEM technologies, threat hunting, monitoring and investigations.
- Excellent analytic and writing capabilities.
- Strong documentation required.
- Mentor and guide security analysts in cyber threat intelligence skills.
- Ability to work with minimum guidance.
- Working knowledge of JIRA/Confluence
Experience and Other requirements:
- At least five years of relevant experience, successfully delivering in an Enterprise environment.
- Bachelor/Masters of Engineering in Computer Science / Information Security / Cyber Security
- Network and security and tools, including IDS/IPS, NAC,DLP, VPN, firewall management and audit, endpoint, anti-malware, database audit and monitoring
- Strong experience with secure architecture design.
- Security expertise in one or more of: python, bash, C, C++, reverse engineering, wireless networks, common web vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS, CSRF), exploit development.
- Security applications utilized for logging, packet capture, email, directory services, web, authentication, remote access, and encryption.
- Database audit/security background is a strong plus.
- Cloud security deployment and controls.
- Have passion to learn about evolving technologies.
- Self-starter with a can-do attitude capable of overcoming difficult challenges.
- Communicate clearly and effectively with the distributed team and stakeholders.
- Showcase good critical thinking and analytical skills.
- Ability to stay focused while working under pressure.
- Flexible to work in different time-zones, based on business requirements.
- Conduct training and mentoring of team members.
Benefits
Tower continues to enhance the in-house trading system and strategies that have positioned the firm as a leader in the thriving field of quantitative trading. While Tower offers challenges and rewards rivaling those of any Wall Street firm, Tower's cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the premium the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include:
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
- 5 weeks of paid vacation per year
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks on a daily basis
- Cab facility within Gurgaon
- Health club allowances
Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.
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