Vice President, Cyber & Network Security Engineer

Cls Group; Woodbridge Township (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

401K match

Pension provision

Paid time off

Job summary

CLS is seeking a Vice President-level Cyber & Network Security Engineer in Iselin, NJ. The role leads deployment, automation, and operations of enterprise security platforms, with emphasis on AWS security tooling, security automation, and mentorship of junior engineers.

Strong hands-on engineering background required. The position covers security engineering, cloud security, data protection, threat detection, and security tooling integration across the org, reporting to the lead for Cyber &

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Security Engineering, Cloud Security, or Infrastructure Security.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying AWS environments from the ground up.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and working across engineering teams.
• Strong automation experience using Python to improve security operations.
• Experience evaluating security technologies and conducting production rollouts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure, and maintain enterprise security platforms and services.
• Deploy and manage AWS-based security tooling and IaC capabilities.
• Develop automation solutions and orchestrations for deployment, monitoring, and compliance.
• Design and implement security monitoring use cases and detections with Splunk.
• Lead technical initiatives and provide guidance to senior engineers and architects.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to embed security into solutions.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

Python automation

Mentoring juniors

Troubleshooting

Tools

Splunk Enterprise/Cloud

Forcepoint Web Security

Forcepoint Email Security & DLP

Zscaler DLP

Microsoft Purview DLP

Qualys VMDR

CrowdStrike Falcon

Job description

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:

• Pivotal purpose
• Trusted guardian
• Targeted innovation
• Facilitate connections
• Delivering excellence
• Inclusive culture

Job information:

• Functional title – Cyber & Network Security Engineer
• Department - CISO
• Corporate level – Vice President
• Report to - Cyber & Network Security Engineering Lead
• Location – Iselin, New Jersey

What you will be doing:

The Vice President (VP), Security Engineering is a senior technical engineering role responsible for leading the deployment, automation, and operational support of enterprise security platforms and controls. Ideally the candidate will have AWS cloud infrastructure security tooling integration, security automation experience.

This role requires a hands‑on engineer who can build and deploy AWS‑based environments to evaluate, test, and design and operationalise new security technologies and engineer off‑the‑shelf security tools. They will lead and mentor the junior engineers. Curiosity to learn, get stuck in and get things delivered.

Key Responsibilities:

Security Engineering & Tool Deployment

• Design, build and configuring and maintain enterprise security platforms and services.

• Have experience with some or all the following products

  • Splunk Enterprise / Splunk Cloud
  • Forcepoint Web Security
  • Forcepoint Email Security & DLP
  • Zscaler DLP and Internet Access
  • Microsoft Purview DLP
  • Qualys VMDR
  • Crowdstrike Faclon
  • Additional threat detection, monitoring, and data protection technologies.

• Troubleshoot platform, infrastructure, and integration issues across security ecosystems.

• Work with infrastructure engineering on infrastructure deliverables ensuring that security is engineered into their solutions.

• Provide senior leadership and guidance to the wider engineering community.

AWS Infrastructure Engineering

• Help build and manage AWS environments used for proof‑of‑concepts, product evaluation, security testing, and production deployments.

• Develop repeatable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) capabilities for rapid deployment of security tooling.

• Engineer secure cloud architectures incorporating:

  • EC2
  • VPCs
  • Security Groups
  • IAM
  • Route53
  • S3
  • Lambda
  • CloudWatch
  • GuardDuty
  • AWS Organizations

• Support secure cloud adoption initiatives and platform modernization programs.

Security Automation & Development

• Develop automation solutions using Python to reduce operational overhead and improve security effectiveness.

• Create and maintain scripts, APIs, orchestration workflows, and automation frameworks for:

  • Security tool deployment
  • Configuration management
  • Monitoring and alerting
  • Compliance validation
  • Asset discovery
  • Data collection and reporting

• Integrate security tooling with enterprise workflows and operational platforms.

Security Monitoring & Detection Engineering

• Design and implement security monitoring use cases.
• On board new log sources.
• Develop Splunk searches, correlation rules, dashboards, and reporting capabilities.
• Improve threat detection coverage through security telemetry integration and log onboarding.
• Partner with Cyber Defense teams to improve detection engineering and incident response capabilities.

Data Protection Engineering

• Deploy and manage enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions.

• Configure and optimise:

  • Forcepoint DLP
  • Microsoft Purview DLP
  • Zscaler DLP

• Work with data owners and security architects to implement controls protecting sensitive information.

Technical Leadership

• Collaborate closely senior engineers and architects to deliver secure‑by‑design solutions.
• Support security technology roadmaps and strategic initiatives.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Security Engineering, Cloud Security Engineering, or Infrastructure Security.
• Experience mentoring and leading junior engineers.
• Experience working across engineering and architecture groups to deliver solutions that are secure from the ground up.
• Experience building and deploying AWS environments from the ground up.
• Hands‑on experience onboarding, configuring, and operating enterprise security platforms.
• Strong experience automating security operations using Python.
• Experience supporting security technology evaluations, proof‑of‑concepts, and production rollouts.

Technical Skills:

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS (preferred)
• Infrastructure-as-Code concepts
• Linux and Windows administration
• Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, Routing, Proxies)

Security Technologies (all not essential but desirable)

• Splunk
• Forcepoint Web Security
• Forcepoint DLP
• Forcepoint Email Security
• Zscaler DLP
• Microsoft Purview DLP
• Qualys VMDR
• SIEM, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), DLP, and Vulnerability Management technologies
• Ansible
• SCCM

Development & Automation

• SPL
• Python
• REST APIs
• Automation frameworks
• Scripting and orchestration
• CI/CD concepts

Desirable Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect, Security Specialty, or equivalent certification.
• Splunk Power User, Admin, or Architect certification.
• CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Administrator.
• Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.

Key Competencies

• Troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong engineering mindset with a passion for automation.
• Strong desire to learn new technologies.

Success Measures

• Engineering and onboarding of security technologies.
• Increased automation and reduction in manual operational effort.
• Improved security monitoring and detection capabilities.
• Stable, scalable, and secure AWS‑hosted security infrastructure.
• Successful delivery of security engineering initiatives aligned with business and security objectives.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in security engineering / cyber engineering in complex, regulated environments (markets technology / investment banking / FMI strongly preferred).
• Proven delivery of large‑scale security platforms end‑to‑end (design → build → run), including multi‑system integration.
• Engineering mindset: able to go deep on architecture, automation, telemetry, and operational resilience.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into execution.
• Strong communicator and collaborative who can work across the organization.
• Data‑driven and outcome‑focused, with a bias toward measurable security improvements.
• Comfortable operating in fast‑paced, evolving environments.

Professional qualifications / certifications:

• Experience in security engineering (5+ years)
• Experience in:
  • Working in highly regulated operations and complex organisational structures.
  • Reporting to senior leadership supporting executive level decision‑making and prioritisation.
  • Engaging in complex governance, contributing to multi‑layered committees or forums.
• Understand, interpret and apply regulatory requirements, compliance and industry standards.

Our commitment to employees:

At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:

• Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
• 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
• Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
• Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
• Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
• Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
• Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
• Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
• Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
• Generous non‑contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
• Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
• Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
• Annual flu vaccinations.
• Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
• Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
• All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
• Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.