Localcoin

Fintech

CybersecurityEngineer

CA$100–150k Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Cybersecurity Engineer at Localcoin. Skills: Cybersecurity Engineering, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Incident Response. Design security infrastructure. Implement security infrastructure”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve security posture; Identify key risks; Identify security gaps; Establish scalable vulnerability management; Establish reporting processes; Improve monitoring; Improve detection; Improve incident response; Help teams adopt security practices; Build mature security program

Industry & Context.

Fintech
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

Hybrid work schedule

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3-5 years AWS experience, 3-5 years cloud-native infrastructure experience, 3-5 years infrastructure hardening experience, 3-5 years IAM experience, 3-5 years networking experience, 3-5 years cloud security best practices experience, Deep understanding of networking, Deep understanding of Linux systems, Deep understanding of IAM, Deep understanding of infrastructure security, Experience with application security, Experience with secure software delivery, Experience managing penetration testing, Experience managing remediation processes, Experience operating in regulated environments, Understanding of modern security threats, Understanding of attack vectors, Understanding of defensive controls, Ability to write code, Ability to write automation, Ability to write tooling, Experience working cross-functionally, Incident response capabilities, Troubleshooting capabilities

Nice to Have

SIEM platforms experience, Security automation experience, Security orchestration experience, Detection engineering experience, SAST tooling experience, DAST tooling experience, FINTRAC familiarity, MiCA familiarity, DORA familiarity, PIPEDA familiarity, PCI-DSS familiarity, SOC 2 familiarity, OSCP certification, CISSP certification, GIAC certification, Security+ certification, Cloud security certifications

What You'll Do.

Design security infrastructure

Implement security infrastructure

Harden security infrastructure

Build vulnerability management

Improve vulnerability management

Build reporting processes

Improve reporting processes

Lead incident response

Coordinate incident response

Investigate security incidents

Remediate security incidents

Perform postmortem analysis

Design secure systems

Maintain secure systems

Improve security operations

Reduce manual processes

Evaluate IAM policies

Strengthen IAM policies

Evaluate access controls

Strengthen access controls

Evaluate cloud security configurations

Strengthen cloud security configurations

Support application security

Support threat modeling

Support testing workflows

Manage penetration testing

Manage remediation tracking

Collaborate with vendors

Collaborate with auditors

Collaborate with compliance

Collaborate with regulatory stakeholders

Contribute to policies

Contribute to standards

Contribute to operational procedures

Assess security posture

Provide recommendations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Platform teams; Backend teams; Infrastructure teams; Compliance teams; Operations teams; Engineering teams

Full Job Description

ABOUT US Localcoin, founded in 2017 with headquarters in Toronto, is on a mission to simplify the process and experience of buying or selling digital currencies globally. We envision bringing digital currency to the mainstream financial market through partnerships with leading corporate and franchised retail spaces. With terminals across Canada, Poland and the APAC region, including Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, Localcoin is now the fastest growing Bitcoin ATM operator in the world. At its core, Localcoin believes that everyone should be able to own cryptocurrency and have a deep understanding of blockchain technology. As a member of our rapidly growing team, you'll join a talented, dynamic group of team members who will encourage you to learn, grow, and thrive in your career every step of the way. We are a high-ownership engineering organization focused on building secure, resilient, and scalable systems in a rapidly evolving regulatory and threat landscape. As one of the earliest dedicated security hires, you’ll play a foundational role in shaping our security posture, tooling, and engineering practices across the company. THE ROLE Salary Range: $100,000 - $150,000 We’re looking for a hands-on Cyber Security Engineer with strong DevSecOps instincts to help design, build, and mature security capabilities across our infrastructure, applications, and operational environments. This is primarily an engineering role (roughly 80% engineering / 20% governance) focused on implementing scalable security solutions, improving visibility and detection capabilities, hardening infrastructure, and partnering closely with engineering teams to build secure systems by default. You’ll work directly with the Director of Engineering and collaborate across platform, backend, infrastructure, compliance, and operations teams. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in high-autonomy environments, enjoys solving difficult infrastructure and security problems, and wants meaningfu

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