Optiver
Financial Services
SecurityEngineer
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“Security Engineer at Optiver. Skills: Security Engineering, Cloud Security, Identity Management, Automation. Monitor daily security operations. Identify threats”
What You'll Achieve.
Protect global systems; Monitor global systems; Improve security of global systems; Reduce manual processes; Improve detection; Improve response; Ensure systems remain secure
Industry & Context.
Pragmatic solutions; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience, Technical fundamentals, Hands-on security engineering experience, Security operations experience, Cloud security experience, Identity & Access Management experience, DevSecOps experience, Experience securing cloud environments, Experience with AWS services, Experience with Microsoft security technologies, Experience using security tools, Experience investigating security events, Experience responding to incidents, Experience managing security risks, Experience managing identity and access controls, Experience supporting Windows environments, Experience supporting Linux environments, Experience applying networking fundamentals, Experience building automation, Experience integrating systems, Experience implementing data protection technologies, Engineering mindset, Pragmatic solutions preference, Automation focus, AI-enabled security workflows experience, Experience reducing risk, Curiosity about evolving threats, Curiosity about cloud technologies, Curiosity about detection techniques, Curiosity about security trends, Effective communication across teams, Ability to articulate security concepts, Comfort collaborating with engineers, Comfort collaborating with infrastructure teams, Comfort collaborating with business stakeholders, Ownership of problems, Enjoy fast-paced environment, Enjoy collaborative environment
Nice to Have
AWS IAM experience, AWS GuardDuty experience, AWS CloudTrail experience, AWS Security Hub experience, AWS Config experience, AWS KMS experience, Entra ID experience, Conditional Access experience, Multi-Factor Authentication experience, Privileged Identity Management experience, Microsoft Defender experience, Secure Score experience, EDR experience, SIEM experience, Vulnerability management experience, SOAR experience, CASB experience, RBAC experience, PAM experience, SSO experience, Federation technologies experience, SAML experience, OAuth experience, OIDC experience, TCP/IP experience, DNS experience, VPNs experience, Proxies experience, Firewalls experience, Python experience, PowerShell experience, Graph API experience, REST experience, Version control systems experience, Git experience, Microsoft Purview experience, Data loss prevention experience, Classification experience, Information protection solutions experience
What You'll Do.
Monitor daily security operations
Maintain security tools
Strengthen Microsoft 365 security
Strengthen Entra ID security
Implement data protection capabilities
Support data protection capabilities
Build security automation
Maintain security automation
Integrate systems using APIs
Enhance security workflows
Perform vulnerability assessments
Review system configurations
Develop mitigation strategies
Conduct security reviews
Assure security controls are effective
Lead incident response activities
Contribute to incident response activities
Analyze behavior patterns
Embed security best practices
Provide guidance on secure architecture
Provide guidance on access controls
Provide guidance on identity management
Support user education
Uplift security behaviors
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Global security team; Engineering teams; Technology teams; Business teams; AI engineering teams
Communication Scope
Articulate security concepts
Full Job Description
We are seeking a motivated, hands-on Security Engineer to join our security team. In this role, you will help protect, monitor, and continuously improve the security of our global systems — including cloud (AWS and M365) and on-premises infrastructure. You’ll play a central part in risk mitigation, incident response, automation of security operations, and embedding security best practices across our organization. What you'll do As a Security Engineer at Optiver, you'll be responsible for monitoring, protecting, and continuously improving the security of our global systems and infrastructure. At Optiver, this means proactive threat prevention, swift identification of security risks, and rapid response to incidents to ensure our systems remain secure under all circumstances. An engineering mindset, attention to detail, and a preference for pragmatic solutions are essential to keeping our systems operating. In practice, this means you will work on a range of activities in collaboration with the global security team on activities such as: Security Operations & Monitoring Monitor daily security operations, identify threats, investigate alerts, and respond to incidents across cloud and on-prem environments. Maintain and tune security tools across AWS, Microsoft 365, endpoints, and network infrastructure. Cloud & Identity Security Strengthen Microsoft 365 and Entra ID security through Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, Defender for Endpoint/Identity/O365, and tenant configuration hardening. Implement and support data protection capabilities, including Microsoft Purview, sensitivity labels, DLP, and insider risk policies. Automation & Engineering Build and maintain security automation using Python and PowerShell, with a strong focus on reducing manual processes and improving detection and response. Integrate systems using APIs (Graph API, REST, etc) to enhance security workflows. Work with AI and our AI engineering teams to ensure the security of the environment Risk Assessment
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