Container Security Engineer - VP

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Container Security Engineer to join their innovative team in London. This role involves enhancing security for container technologies and engineering automated solutions that streamline processes for developers. You'll collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure the security of internal platforms while utilizing cutting-edge cloud technologies. If you're a motivated self-starter with extensive experience in container security and a passion for problem-solving, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking company committed to maintaining best-in-class cyber security practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant industry experience required.
• Hands-on experience with Container Image Scanning platforms.
• Expertise in Python or Java and associated tooling.

Responsibilities

• Enhance Container Security tools and platforms for CISO and developers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Engineering and Operations.
• Engineer automated security solutions for internal platforms.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Container Image Scanning

Enterprise Software Solutions

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

Python

Java

Agile Methodology

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Docker

Podman

Openshift

Git

Maven

Jenkins

Bitbucket

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Container Security Engineer - VP, London

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Client:

11037 Citibank, N.A. United Kingdom

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

4

Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

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Job Description:

Overview of Citi:

Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

The Team:

The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is responsible for looking after the cyber security of all of Citi’s technical assets. It has several new and exciting programmes utilising cutting edge cloud and container technologies, with a view to ensuring that our cyber security is best in class and offers reassurance to our wider business lines and clients alike.

The job:

This role sits within the Container Security team, which is responsible for ensuring, maintaining, and improving the security of our container technologies within the firm. You will be responsible for engineering automated security solutions that both secure and harden internal platforms as well as reduce friction for developers in their daily development lifecycle. You will be improving the container SDLC for internal developers from an image scanning perspective, engineering firm-wide solutions and partnering with centralised platform teams, DevOps teams and our developer community where appropriate.

What the role covers:

· Analysing, architecting, building and enhancing Container Security tools and platforms that provide capabilities for CISO and developers.

· Owning solutions that are expected to operate and perform at scale across the organisation.

· Collaboration with multiple stakeholders and partners across Engineering and Operations as well as partner teams within the wider Citi organisation, across different time zones.

Job Skills/ Qualifications:

· Highly motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills

· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

· Good oral and written communication skills

· 7+ years of relevant industry work experience

· Hands-on experience integrating Container Image Scanning platforms and tooling

· Experience of the full lifecycle of design, implementation and running of enterprise software solutions involving cross functional team collaboration

· Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, scaling) of new and current systems

· Experience of k8s and container technologies such as Docker, Podman and Openshift

· Experience of security fundamentals with relation to a k8s platform and DevSecOps a bonus

· Expertise in a major programming language such as Python or Java, and associated tooling (Git, Maven, IDEs, Jenkins, Bitbucket etc)

· Expertise with DevOps, CI/CD and agile methodology

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Job Family Group:

Technology

Overview of Citi:

Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

The Team:

The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is responsible for looking after the cyber security of all of Citi’s technical assets. It has several new and exciting programmes utilising cutting edge cloud and container technologies, with a view to ensuring that our cyber security is best in class and offers reassurance to our wider business lines and clients alike.

The job:

This role sits within the Container Security team, which is responsible for ensuring, maintaining, and improving the security of our container technologies within the firm. You will be responsible for engineering automated security solutions that both secure and harden internal platforms as well as reduce friction for developers in their daily development lifecycle. You will be improving the container SDLC for internal developers from an image scanning perspective, engineering firm-wide solutions and partnering with centralised platform teams, DevOps teams and our developer community where appropriate.

What the role covers:

· Analysing, architecting, building and enhancing Container Security tools and platforms that provide capabilities for CISO and developers.

· Owning solutions that are expected to operate and perform at scale across the organisation.

· Collaboration with multiple stakeholders and partners across Engineering and Operations as well as partner teams within the wider Citi organisation, across different time zones.

Job Skills/ Qualifications:

· Highly motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills

· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

· Good oral and written communication skills

· 7+ years of relevant industry work experience

· Hands-on experience integrating Container Image Scanning platforms and tooling

· Experience of the full lifecycle of design, implementation and running of enterprise software solutions involving cross functional team collaboration

· Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, scaling) of new and current systems

· Experience of k8s and container technologies such as Docker, Podman and Openshift

· Experience of security fundamentals with relation to a k8s platform and DevSecOps a bonus

· Expertise in a major programming language such as Python or Java, and associated tooling (Git, Maven, IDEs, Jenkins, Bitbucket etc)

· Expertise with DevOps, CI/CD and agile methodology

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Systems & Engineering

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Time Type:

Full time

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