Description

Position at Funding Circle US

We have a great opportunity for a capable Security Engineer on our Monitoring & Incident Response team who has a real excitement for practical security measures and fast reaction times. We are a group of passionate engineers whose bread and butter is learning new technologies cultivating a collaborative and inclusive environment - we’re looking for partners in crime who feel the same. 

Funding Circle was created with one mission: to revolutionize the broken financial system and change small business finance! 

We've created the leading online marketplace for small business loans that directly connect credit worthy businesses with investors wanting attractive returns. 

As a Security Engineer you will…

• Building strong relationships across Funding Circle, being an advocate of security best practices and go to point for security related queries.
• Conducting incident postmortem meetings, and documenting the results of security incident investigations. 
• Automating processes and methodologies for analysis and error detection, as well as spam detection and blocking of malicious activities. 
• Be an active member of the security community and employ industry standard methodologies and insights into our platform. 
• Offer your expertise to other specialists in the designing and building of secure software across our business. 

You’ve been there and done this…

• Demonstrable knowledge of incident response processes and actions 
• Defining and following workflows and processes so you have room to deal with the unexpected that arises during security incidents. 
• Must know how to code in Python or at least have a willingness to learn on the job 
• Be an investigator: you're someone who is well versed in collecting forensic evidence when security incidents occur to resolve impact, scope, and remedies. 
• A foundation and in-depth technical knowledge of security engineering, authentication, and communication protocols 
• A comprehensive understanding of web application architecture 
• Experience with security in cloud environments such as AWS. 
• Experience with forensic analysis of artefacts from HIDS, NIDS, and application logs. 
• No fear when it comes to learning new technologies and taking initiatives. 

It would be great if you also…

• Have experience in the financial services industry
• Have past contributions to the security community 
• Have an advanced knowledge of best-practices for full-stack engineering