Cybersecurity Engineer - Threat Modelling

The role

A hands-on Cybersecurity Engineer will strengthen the security posture of applications, data, infrastructure, and processes. The role involves identifying threats, building tailored security solutions, and guiding teams to build security into applications from the ground up.

What you will do

• Uncover and remediate vulnerabilities
• Partner with various teams across the firm
• Guide teams to analyze security implications of design decisions
• Guide teams to build security into applications from the ground up
• Identify threats using an offensive background
• Build tailored security solutions
• Develop creative approaches to complex challenges
• Translate security principles into concrete architectural improvements
• Partner with system owners to identify and help resolve vulnerabilities
• Balance tradeoffs between security controls and business requirements

Required qualifications

• Offensive security background
• Can help build and implement secure solutions from the ground up
• Equally comfortable breaking down complex problems on a whiteboard and taking a hands-on approach to problem-solving and troubleshooting
• Skilled at evaluating security tradeoffs and making risk-based decisions
• An excellent communicator who thrives on talking to people and building relationships
• Collaborative mindset
• Ability to teach others and transfer knowledge about threat modeling
• Strong Linux background
• Confident in scripting ability
• Comfortable taking accountability
• Able to document decision-making rationale
• Fluent in English

Nice to have

• Proficiency in any programming language

About the company

Jane Street's Cybersecurity team is a skilled group of programmers and security experts dedicated to keeping the firm safe. Their work covers software engineering, DevOps, risk analysis, security governance, and cyber awareness.