Cybersecurity Engineer: Defenses, Incident Response & Awareness

Jane Street Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Jane Street Group, LLC is seeking a full-time Cybersecurity Engineer for our New York office to protect people, data, and infrastructure from internet threats. You will build defenses, provide expert guidance, lead security awareness, and contribute to incident response and event analysis while applying practical, well-reasoned security decisions.

We value hands-on builders who can articulate the rationale behind security choices and collaborate with cross-functional teams to reduce risk.

Qualifications

• Strong scripting or programming with automation in a real language
• Ability to manage code and configs in version control
• Understanding of threat modeling and security trade-offs
• Good personal cybersecurity hygiene and ability to explain choices

Responsibilities

• Design and implement firm-wide cyber defenses and incident response processes
• Lead security awareness initiatives across the organization
• Provide expert guidance to other groups on security best practices

Skills

Scripting

Automation

Version control

Job description

We're looking to add a full-time, passionate Cybersecurity Engineer to our New York office to help protect our company's people, data, and infrastructure from the wilds of the internet.Our Cybersecurity Engineers work on firm-wide defenses, provide expertise and advice to other groups, lead employee cybersecurity awareness efforts, and handle some of the event analysis and incident response responsibilities of the firm. We're looking for someone who has a strong technical foundation, who is not afraid to build something themselves, who brings good taste to solving security problems, and who can reason about and explain the “why” behind security practices.

About You

• Have strong scripting or programming, and surrounding practices: You have an interest and ability to automate in a real programming language, ability and desire to manage your code and configs in version control, and knowledge of your editor (we don't care which editor, though)
• A measured responder: Not everyone should be locking their entire lives down in the name of security. You can discuss trade-offs when it comes to cybersecurity, think about context, and understand what threat modeling is
• You understand and practice good personal cybersecurity hygiene, and can talk to others about it: For example, you know what a password manager is, and either use one or have something which you can reasonably argue is better, and can walk someone through the tradeoffs you've made (Seriously, we’ll ask you about this sort of thing during the interview process)
• You’re tapped into cybersecurity developments: You follow cybersecurity news, but can tell the difference between the latest cool hack by security researchers and what actually matters in your day-to-day
• Have a positive and collaborative attitude: You understand that a key component of cybersecurity is bringing others along with you on the journey

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Base salary is $225,000 - $300,000. Base salary is only one part of Jane Street total compensation, which includes an annual discretionary bonus.

Jane Street is an Equal Opportunity Employer