Senior Security Lead - FinTech, Incident Response

Plus500™; Itasca (IL); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Plus500US is seeking a Senior Security Lead to own the cybersecurity program for our trading platform in a remote-hybrid role based in Itasca, IL. This senior leadership position requires strategic security architecture, incident response, and alignment with regulatory expectations.

You'll lead cross-functional teams across engineering and operations, implement group cybersecurity roadmap, and drive security maturity while balancing business priorities in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• CISSP, CISM, CEH or equivalent certifications strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage security infrastructure and operations, including segmentation, WAF/DDoS, SIEM, and secrets management.
• Oversee encryption at rest across platform infrastructure.
• Own and lead incident response and post-incident remediation.

Skills

Leadership

Security strategy

Communication

Problem-solving

Prioritization under pressure

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science / IT / Cybersecurity

CISSP / CISM / CEH or equivalent

Tools

Guardicore

Cloudflare WAF

SIEM platforms

HashiCorp Vault

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

SOC 2 auditing

Encryption at rest

Job description

Plus500US is seeking a Senior Security Lead to own the cybersecurity program for our trading platform in a remote-hybrid role based in Itasca, IL. This senior leadership position requires strategic security architecture, incident response, and alignment with regulatory expectations.

You'll lead cross-functional teams across engineering and operations, implement group cybersecurity roadmap, and drive security maturity while balancing business priorities in a fast-paced fintech environment.