Security Engineer @ Galaxy

Who We Are:

At Galaxy we are building products and services to help the world invest in economic progress. We believe crypto and blockchain innovations will permeate and improve all aspects of our global economy. Our vision is a society where value and ownership flow as freely as information. Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and individuals access and navigate the crypto economy. As one of the most well-capitalized and trusted companies in the industry, we provide platform solutions custom-made for a digitally native ecosystem across three complementary operating businesses: Global Markets, Asset Management, and Digital Infrastructure Solutions. Our offerings include, amongst others, trading, lending, strategic advisory services, institutional-grade investment solutions across passive, active and venture strategies, proprietary bitcoin mining and hosting services, network validator services, and the development of enterprise custodial technology. Galaxy’s CEO and Founder Michael Novogratz leads a team of crypto enthusiasts, and institutional veterans focused on the future of finance and Web3. The Company is headquartered in New York City, with global across North America, Europe and Asia.

Additional information about the Company’s businesses and products is available on www.galaxy.com.

What We Value:

We are a diverse team of free thinkers, and fast movers united to help investors and creators energize the global economy. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers and embrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission-first approach. Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.

Seek Excellence.
Be Selective To Be Effective.
Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
Disagree Transparently.
Encourage Independent Decision-Making.
Build Dream Teams.

Who You Are:
We are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to join our IT, Infrastructure & Security Team. You will be responsible for advising and implementing security best practices throughout our software development lifecycle (SDLC). This will include engaging other teams throughout the organization to assist in threat modeling and coordinating security reviews. You will also manage and implement security tools on behalf of other teams. You should feel comfortable taking initiative to deeply understand various teams requirements, and be able to recommend and implement solutions to keep the business moving forward.

What You’ll Do:

Understand Blockchain and Blockchain Protocols.
Partner with Blockchain Infrastructure team lead and Product Security for new threat-modeling initiatives.
Write infrastructure as code to streamline the creation security tools around proof of stake validators.
Monitor observability/monitoring platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
Linux server management, administration, and hardening/security.
Troubleshoot and debug complex distributed systems.

What We’re Looking For:

5+ years of experience managing secure and highly available hybrid cloud/on-prem Linux environments.
AWS - cloud architecture and design experience.
Linux command line expertise.
Network design, maintenance, and troubleshooting experience.
Experience creating and participating in security reviews and threat modeling.
Monitoring and Metrics experience in Cloudwatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.
Experience managing and implementing Infrastructure as Code using appropriate technologies such as: Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Puppet, Chef.
Experience interacting with Kubernetes clusters using eksctl, helm, rancher, etc.

What We Offer:

Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
Flexible Time Off (i.e. unlimited paid vacation days)
Company paid Holidays (11)
Company paid sick leave
Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
3% 401(k) company contribution
Generous paid Parental Leave
Free virtual coaching and counseling sessions through Ginger
Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
Free daily snacks in-office
Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
Employee Resource Groups

Apply now and join us on our mission to engineer a new economic paradigm.

The base salary ranges included below will be commensurate with candidate experience, expertise and local market. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise. At Galaxy, we maintain a total compensation philosophy which consists of a competitive base salary, annual bonus, and equity incentives.

Base Salary Range

$150,000—$200,000 USD

Galaxy respects diversity and seeks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants for employment without regard to actual or perceived age, race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital or partnership or caregiver status, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military or veteran status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, or other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete the application process or to participate in an interview, please contact [email protected].

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