About Clear Street:

Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets. 

We started from scratch by building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today’s complex, global market. Our platform is fully integrated with central clearing houses and exchanges to support billions in trading volume per day. We’ve agonized about our data model abstractions, created horizontal scalability, and crafted thoughtful APIs. All so we can provide a best-in-class experience for our clients. 

By combining highly-skilled product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals, we’re building the essentials to compete in today’s fast-paced markets.

The Team:

As a leader in the Information Security team, you’ll have the opportunity to shape Clear Street’s maturing information security program and influence the security posture of the company. In this role specifically, you’ll be responsible for exploring risks in various business and operational areas, design mitigation strategies and lead mitigation plans using out-of-the-box thinking and strong technological understanding. If you’re interested in joining a high-growth, fast-paced company that is revolutionizing Wall Street, come join Clear Street.

You will:

• Investigate and evaluate security risks for various environments and attack vectors, using threat modeling methods, independently and with collaboration with members in the security department 
• Build strategies for mitigating security risks, tailored to the company’s business and operational processes, and develop them into risk mitigation programs
• Explore security technologies, evaluate their security value and design proper use of these technologies
• Partner with counterparties from different areas in the company to understand business processes and operational processes, in order to design proper mitigation strategies
• Work with GRC and Compliance teams in order to address regulatory security requirements
• Evaluate and prioritize execution tasks for your strategies and plans, and work with relevant counterparties in order to execute them
• Continue to assess and communicate risks in the areas under your responsibility to the CISO

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of experience in security architecture roles
• Deep understanding of security risks, threat vectors and techniques
• Experience with security technologies around infrastructure security, such as network security, data security, systems hardening, access management etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and excellent presentation skills
• Ability to run cross company programs
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical parties, explain risk and understand business and operational processes
• Ability to think outside the box and apply creative thinking when designing mitigation strategies 
• Understanding of modern technology stacks

We Offer:
The Base Salary Range is $180,000 - $210,000. These ranges are representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Clear Street. Which range a candidate fits into and where a candidate falls in the range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. These ranges represent Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street’s total compensation. The ranges stated do not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses or equity.

At Clear Street, we offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. Our belief has always been that we are better as a business when we are all together in person. As such, beginning on January 2, 2023, we are requiring employees to be in the office 4 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views.

Our top priority is our people. We’re continuously investing in a culture that promotes collaboration. We help each other through challenges and celebrate each other’s successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by virtue of having high-performance workforces that are diverse — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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