Security Engineer

LemFi (YC S21) is building the neo-bank for the African diaspora in North America & Europe & the UK. We provide our users with a mulI-currency account that allows them to hold, send, and receive money from Africa in any currency for their business and personal banking needs.

Who you are:

You are a candidate who would thrive in a fintech startup environment like ours, where we readily accept individuals with a humble, yet uplifting attitude alongside a diligent sense of work ethic. The teams here at LemFi are passionate about their work and fields of expertise, but also lend hands on cross-functional responsibilities to ensure the success of the company and the satisfaction of our clientele.

Job Summary:

The role of the Security Engineer is a fully remote position within LemFi’s Engineering and Networking team. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Security Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the security of our organization's confidential information and systems. This includes conducting internal investigations, security audits, and managing risk and compliance. You will also play a key role in developing and deploying security tools and providing security training to internal teams and clients.

Responsibilities are as follows:

• Conduct internal security and confidential information investigations and information security audits.
• Provide guidance on risk, compliance, and policy to technical and non-technical internal customers.
• Respond to security violations, vulnerabilities, and incident detections.
• Assess and secure third-party integrations, services, solutions and partnerships, ensuring controls are implemented to the highest security standards.
• You will develop and deploy security tools and automations.
• Provide security training and guidance to internal teams and customers.
• Ensure timely delivery of security goals, and make recommendations for incremental process improvement.
• Contribute to / provide feedback on the development of security standards and control requirements.

Skills & Requirements:

• Minimum of 4 years experience in related field
• Security related qualifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA,CCSP, SANS GIAC.
• Experience of PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001
• Familiarity with GDPR, DORA and Financial Services regulatory requirements
• Security concepts, protocols, standards and best practices within the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience deploying, managing, and operating security technologies such as endpoint security (e.g. AV/EPP/EDR), SIEM, DLP, zero trust solutions, IDS/IPS, firewalls, IAM, vulnerability management, MDM, etc.

If you have a passion for security and Networking and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity!