Senior Cloud Security Engineer (Kubernetes)

Form3; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payment technology firm in the UK is seeking a Senior IC to build and run defensive security controls for multi-cloud payment systems using the latest technology. The ideal candidate will have extensive Linux command line experience, Kubernetes security expertise, and a strong understanding of public cloud security. This remote-first organization values good engineering practices and provides a collaborative environment among security and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• You live on the Linux command line.
• You have expertise in Kubernetes security and have developed complex multi-cluster environments.
• You appreciate building systems with good engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and run defensive security controls for multi-cloud payment systems.
• Advise engineering teams on beneficial security features.
• Maintain security controls as a part of the security engineering team.

Skills

Linux command line

Kubernetes security expertise

Public cloud security

Software engineering

On-call readiness

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Golang

Terraform

Job description

THE ROLE

You will build and run defensive security controls for highly‑available multi‑cloud payment systems running the latest technology. You understand current threats exploitation paths and risk tradeoffs in order to advise engineering teams on beneficial security features as well as prioritise management of defensive controls.

WERE LOOKING FOR

Essential

• You live on the linux command line
• Your current research and experience back up your opinionated views on security practices and tradeoffs which you love to openly debate and willingly share
• Youre sought after for your Kubernetes security expertise and have developed complex heavily customised multi‑cluser environments
• Your security expertise extends to at least one public cloud including essential security features and long‑term security hardening practices
• You appreciate building systems with good engineering practices and may have a background in software engineering at scale
• Youre open to being a part of our on‑call rota ready to respond if we have a severe platform‑impacting security tooling failure or need second‑line security incident response assistance

Desirable

• You have an interest in offensive security potentially including participation in CTFs and past experience as a red team operator or pen tester
• Youve developed security configurations in multiple public and private clouds
• Youre a confident presenter and have accelerated appreciation of security across engineering teams
• You regularly support building and analysis of threat models using a well defined process
• You have experience securing data centers and networking devices
• Youre terrified by supply chain and CI / CD security but have good patterns for reducing the risks
• Your engineering experiences matches Form3s tech stack including Golang and Terraform

TECH STACK

• AWS GCP Azure and private Data Centers
• Kubernetes Helm Flux
• Distributed systems mostly Golang based with CockroachDB and NATS
• SIEM / SOAR EDR CNAPP and a suite of open source tools with custom integrations

THE TEAM

You will join a team of defensive security engineers directly maintaining and expanding security controls as well as advising the wider platform and application engineers within our R&D team. We report into the CISO and work alongside the other functional pillars of InfoSec.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

Stage 1 : Screening Call with Talent Team

Stage 2 : Technical Interview Kubernetes and Linux Security including a short pre‑interview research topic

Stage 3 : Technical Interview Building secure cloud architectures & team alignment

We always aim to stick to the above process however there may be occasions when an additional interview stage is needed for us to be sure were hiring the right person!

HIRING LOCATIONS

We are a remote‑first organisation and are able to accept applications from the following countries; Germany Netherlands Spain Portugal & UK

All new joiners start their first day in our office to collect the equipment needed to work remotely. Well also arrange for some of your team to come in to say hi ensuring youre supported and have a positive first few days with Form3!

ABOUT FORM3

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Required Experience : Senior IC

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1