Senior Security Engineer

Engineering at hyperexponential

Our engineering department is a melting pot of some of the brightest (and kindest!) engineers in the industry.

The level of complexity of hx Renew requires a highly technical, true engineering mindset so an output of this is a deeply creative, innovative environment where we push technological boundaries, both through our work and our regular (and sometimes irregular!) hackathons.

Your Mission

The Security team’s mission is to safeguard the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of our customers’ data and hx Renew’s systems. By fostering a culture of vigilance, risk mitigation and continuous improvement, we maintain the highest standards of security excellence

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Key Responsibilities:

• Improve and implement DevSecOps processes

• Implement security controls in multi-account environments

• Implement compliance, vulnerability, and threat detection/prevention policies across cloud environments

• Fine-tune and automate threat policies for workload, container and cloud products

• Provide expert guidance on complex cloud security challenges

• Work with engineering teams to help architect and implement solutions that are secure by design

• Apply cloud security best practices based on major frameworks like SOC2, WA-Framework

Example of the work you will be doing:

• Conduct and review internal automated security testing results

• Manage security aspects of GitLab CI/CD pipelines

• Respond to and mitigate security incidents

• Develop and implement organization-wide security policies

• Evaluating security solutions and supporting their implementation

Required Experience and Skills:

• At least 3+ years IT security experience

• At least 2+ years of experience in AWS and building robust infrastructure

• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash etc) with the capability to develop and maintain automation scripts and tools

• Excellent communication, teamwork and stakeholder management skills

Bonus Points:

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

• Creating security processes within a scaling SaaS or Fintech company

Interview Process

• Initial call with our Talent team to kick things off

• Manager Interview

• Skills Interview

• Values Interview

• We offer!

What We Offer:

• £5,000 for individual and group training and conference budget

• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holiday days (33 in total)

• Company pension scheme via Penfold

• Mental health and therapy provision via ⁠Spectrum.life

• Individual wellbeing allowance via Juno

• Private healthcare insurance through AXA

• Top-spec equipment (laptop, screens, adjustable desks, etc)

• Regular remote & in-person hackathons, lunch & learns, socials and games nights

• Team breakfasts and lunches, snacks, drinks fridge, fun office @ The Ministry

• Huge opportunity for personal development and mastery as we grow together!

Please note that background checks will be conducted as part of the hiring process to ensure compliance with our governance policies. We handle all background checks sensitively and in full compliance with relevant regulations. All applicant data will be processed in accordance with data protection regulations and our privacy policy.