AWS Cloud Security Engineer at Mosaic Smart Data

Job Description:

About the role:

We’re looking for an experienced security specialist to join our highly skilled team to secure our award-winning MSX® data analytics platform in our AWS cloud environment. The role will provide the opportunity to work directly with technologists at leading investment banks. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who cares passionately about the quality of their work. We are looking for someone who can work well within a team, is able to articulate problems, and can use their own initiative to identify and implement solutions. This role is part of a broader recruitment effort to scale the organization to meet market opportunity. This role offers a unique opportunity to join a successful start-up and to share in our future growth as we embark on the next step of our incredible journey.

Key responsibilities:

• Secure data and workloads in the AWS cloud
• Define and implement cloud security strategy

Skills & Experience:

• AWS Certified Security – Specialty. Equivalent certification will be considered providing you can demonstrate experience with AWS solutions. The following skills and experience are recommended pre-requisites for the AWS certification and are all required by in this role:
• Five years of IT security experience in designing and implementing security solutions and at least two years of hands-on experience in securing AWS workloads
• Working knowledge of AWS security services and features of services to provide a secure production environment and an understanding of security operations and risks
• Knowledge of the AWS shared responsibility model and its application; security controls for workloads on AWS; logging and monitoring strategies; cloud security threat models; patch management and security automation; ways to enhance AWS security services with third-party tools and services; and disaster recovery controls, - including BCP and backups, encryption, access control, and data retention
• Understanding of specialized data classifications and AWS data protectio- n mechanisms, data-encryption methods and AWS mechanisms to implement them, and secure internet protocols and AWS mechanisms to implement the### m.
• Ability to make trade-off decisions with regard to c ost, security, and deployment complexity to meet a set of application requirements
• Experience working with multi-account AWS organisations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to convey - complex technical information in a clear and concise manner-
• Evidence of good technical documentation practises

• Learning opportunities:-- - - - -

The successful candidate will join a small team of highly skilled engineers and data scientists working on a highly innovative FinTech product. The successful candidate will:

• Expand technical skillset and experience (see technologies used above)
• Get exposure to complete software development lifecycle using an agile delivery model
• Gain an understanding of what’s required to build and scale a successful start-up
• Build tools for use by the world’s largest investment banks
• Build knowledge of financial products and complex financial analytics
• Gain an understanding of machine learning and AI algorithms
• Learn how to manage customer relationships Mosaic has an awesome company culture focused on learning, collaboration, and - - transparency. We support all of our staff to develop and improve, therefore, you will be part of this great culture.

Company Benefits

• Flexible/Remote Working Options
• Option Scheme
• 25 Days Holiday
• Equipment (Macbook)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform

Interview Process

• Video Interview with Head of Applied Engineering
• Video Interview with COO