DRW

trading/financial

PlatformSecurityTeamLead

$150–225k Chicago, Illinois, United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Platform Security Team Lead at DRW. Skills: Platform Security, Team Leadership, Security Architecture, Identity Management, Endpoint Security, Server Security. Lead a team of platform security engineers across Identity, AI, Server, and Client security domains. Stay technically engaged by reviewing architectures, weigh in on designs, and contributing directly to security engineering work”

What You'll Achieve.

securing the foundational systems our business runs on; deliver controls that scale with how DRW operates; improving the overall security program; increase team effectiveness

Industry & Context.

trading/financial
Problems you'll solve

making clear-headed tradeoffs under competing priorities

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

engineering background with experience in infrastructure, or security engineering, Experience leading or mentoring technical engineers, Hands-on depth across systems such as Active Directory, Entra ID, Windows, macOS, Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL), modern identity platforms, and endpoint or server security tooling, Comfortable operating across multiple domains and making clear-headed tradeoffs under competing priorities, Pragmatic grasp of security principles, Demonstrated ability to drive projects to completion in complex, fast-moving environments

Nice to Have

Previous experience working in the trading/financial industry, Experience in financial services, trading, or other latency- and uptime-sensitive environments, Deep expertise in one or more of: identity architecture, AI/ML security, server hardening, or endpoint security, Experience building or scaling a platform or security engineering team from the ground up, Familiarity with relevant regulatory or risk frameworks

What You'll Do.

Lead a team of platform security engineers across Identity

and Client security domains

Stay technically engaged by reviewing architectures

and contributing directly to security engineering work

Design and implement scalable security controls

Shape and prioritize the team's roadmap based on risk

and improving the overall security program

Drive consistency and raise the standard of practices across all platform security domains

Mentor engineers and support their technical growth and development

and automation to increase team effectiveness

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with platform, infrastructure, and business teams; Act as a key point of coordination between security, platform, and business stakeholders; Partner with platform and infrastructure teams

Communication Scope

move fluidly between deep technical discussions and business conversations

Process & Methodology

Drive projects to completion

Full Job Description

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk. Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets. We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus. DRW is looking for a Platform Security Team Lead to head a small, high-impact team responsible for securing the foundational systems our business runs on - identity, AI platforms, servers, and endpoints. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to shape strategy and stay close to the engineering work. You'll set direction, raise the bar across domains, and partner closely with platform, infrastructure, and business teams to deliver controls that scale with how DRW operates. Previous experience working in the trading/financial industry is preferable but not required.   What you’ll be doing: Lead a team of platform security engineers across Identity, AI, Server, and Client security domains Stay technically engaged by reviewing architectures, weigh in on designs, and contributing directly to security engineering work where it matters most Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to design and implement scalable security controls Shape and prioritize the team's roadmap based on risk, business impact, and improving the overa

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