Sr. Security and Compliance Engineer

Qcells North America; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Qcells North America is seeking a hands-on Senior Security & Compliance Engineer to lead cloud security, operations, governance, risk, and compliance initiatives. The role spans threat monitoring, incident response, risk remediation, and ensuring policy alignment across frameworks.

Based in Irvine, SF, or Teaneck with in-office scheduling per management discretion; remote options available for exceptional cases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cybersecurity, cloud security, security operations, governance, risk, compliance or similar.
• Strong knowledge of IAM, VPCs, encryption, and cloud monitoring.
• Familiarity with FFIEC, SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001 controls and audits.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain security and compliance strategy, roadmap, policies, standards, and controls.
• Lead security operations: threat detection, incident response, remediation, forensics coordination, and reporting.
• Ensure disaster recovery planning, backups, and SLA adherence (RPO/RTO).
• Align with privacy, audit, and regulatory requirements across frameworks.
• Monitor cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Salesforce) using SIEM and cloud-native tools.
• Lead root-cause analysis, remediation tracking, and control evidence for ISMS.

Skills

Cloud security

Incident response

Vulnerability remediation

Security monitoring

Audit readiness

Threat detection

Education

Bachelor's degree in information security / CS

Tools

SIEM

Cloud security tools

Job description

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Qcells is looking for a hands-on senior security and compliance professional to lead cloud security, security operations, governance, risk, and compliance activities across the organization. The Sr. Security and Compliance Engineer will help safeguard IT assets by monitoring threats, responding to incidents, remediating risks, maintaining security technologies, and ensuring alignment with internal policies and applicable compliance frameworks.

This position will be based out of one of our offices in Irvine, CA; San Francisco, CA; or Teaneck, NJ, with an in-office schedule set at the direct manager’s discretion in accordance with company policies and procedures. Remote options are available for exceptional cases.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the information security and compliance strategy, roadmap, policies, standards, and control framework.
• Lead and support continuous improvement projects to deploy, consolidate, enhance, and/or secure enterprise IT systems and services.
• Lead security and compliance operations, including threat detection, incident response, vulnerability remediation, forensics coordination, control monitoring, and compliance reporting.
• Ensure proper back up and disaster recovery are in place and proactively monitored to achieve service level agreements (SLAs) for Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO).
• Ensure alignment with cybersecurity, privacy, technology control, and audit requirements, including FFIEC, SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other applicable obligations.
• Monitor and secure cloud environments (e.g., Azure, AWS, Salesforce) using security information and event management (SIEM) tools, and cloud-native security solutions.
• Investigate and respond to security incidents, ensuring proper containment, remediation, and documentation of root causes.
• Design and mature security and compliance controls for secure architecture, IAM, data handling, audit readiness, and risk management.
• Support Qcells NA’s ISMS through control evidence, risk treatment, audit readiness, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with IT, Legal, Privacy, vendors, and business teams on security requirements, policy exceptions, and compliance remediation.
• Evaluate, recommend and implement new solutions that enhance security posture.
• Oversee end-users access management throughout the organization. Conduct and assist with regularly scheduled user access reviews in active directory and other applications as needed.
• Execute periodic FinTech risk assessments and comprehensive security awareness programs, ensuring employees adhere to best practices and regulatory security requirements.
• Stay current with emerging security trends, threats, and technologies to continuously improve security strategies.
• Collaborate with IT and development teams on security best practices.
• Operate in a manner demonstrating a high level of integrity, ethics, and discretion when handling sensitive and confidential information.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information security, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience, with 5+ years in cybersecurity, cloud security, security operations, governance, risk, compliance, or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security concepts such as IAM, security groups, VPC, encryption (at-rest and in-transit), and cloud monitoring.
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks and audit practices, including FFIEC, SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001, control testing, evidence collection, and remediation tracking.
• Experience with incident response, vulnerability remediation, risk assessments, compliance reviews, logging, alerting, forensic investigation, and executive reporting in cloud environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strongly Preferred: CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional), CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager), CompTIA A+, CompTIA Security +.
• Strong understanding of FinTech security compliance and principles, and implementation in cloud environments.

Compensation

In accordance with applicable pay transparency laws, the anticipated annual base salary for this position is:

• Zone 1 (Bay Area, NYC): $146,200 – $182,600
• Zone 2 (CA, NJ, NY): $134,000 – $167,400
• Zone 3 (All others): $121,800 – $152,200

The applicable salary range is based on the employee’s primary work location. Individual compensation will be determined based on qualifications, relevant experience, education, skills, internal equity, and other business-related factors.

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Physical, Mental & Environmental Demands

To comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 the essential physical, mental and environmental requirements for this job are listed below. These are requirements normally expected to perform regular job duties. Incumbent must be able to successfully perform all of the functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Mobility

Standing 20% of time

Sitting 70% of time

Walking 10% of time

Strength

Pulling up to 10 Pounds

Pushing up to 10 Pounds

Carrying up to 10 Pounds

Lifting up to 10 Pounds

Dexterity(F = Frequently, O = Occasionally, N = Never)

Typing F

Handling F

Reaching F

Agility(F = Frequently, O = Occasionally, N = Never)

Turning F

Twisting F

Bending O

Crouching O

Balancing N

Climbing N

Crawling N

Kneeling N

• This target salary range is for CA positions only and should not be interpreted as an offer of compensation.

The salary range is required by the California Pay Transparency Act and may differ depending on the location of those candidates hired nationwide. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to, skill set, education, licenses and certifications, essential job duties and requirements, and the necessary experience relative to the job’s minimum qualifications.

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