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Senior Cybersecurity Engineer-Appsec
| Company | Beyond Finance |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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| Salary | $127000 – $160000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 5+ years in cybersecurity, with at least 3+ years of AWS security engineering experience.
- Robust knowledge of application security (AppSec) practices and Zero Trust frameworks.
- Deep expertise in AWS security, Wiz, Datadog SIEM, or comparable cloud-native security tools.
- Strong understanding of IAM, VPC security, KMS, and other core AWS security services.
- Proven experience with application security, including SAST, DAST, threat modeling, and SDLC integration.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and automation (Python, Bash).
- Experience working in highly regulated or compliance-heavy environments (PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.).
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement cloud-native security solutions that address organizational needs and mitigate risks across applications, networks and systems.
- Integrate and manage tools like Wiz, Datadog SIEM, and other modern security platforms.
- Drive security best practices across the CI/CD pipeline and DevSecOps initiatives.
- Develop threat models and security standards, recommend security controls and integrate security measures into system, infrastructure and application designs.
- Lead Zero Trust architecture initiatives, ensuring secure access and identity-first controls across systems by implementing access management controls such as RBAC, SSO, IAM, CASB, CISM.
- Collaborate with DevOps, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to build secure-by-design systems.
- Conduct risk assessments, vulnerability management, penetration testing and security incident investigations.
- Automate security tasks and integrate tooling into existing cloud and application environments.
- Provide mentorship to junior team members and serve as a subject matter expert on cloud security.
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS Security Specialty certification or equivalent.
- Professional security certifications (CISSP, CCSP, CISM).
- Experience with ECS, Kubernetes security and container security best practices.
- Experience with mobile application security programs.
- Knowledge of compliance and regulatory frameworks like NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and GDPR.
- Previous experience working with SaaS or fast-growing tech companies.
