Security Architect

Creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive Dojo

Dojo’s 150,000+ customers reflect the diversity of the UK High Street. Building teams with diverse backgrounds that are representative of the customer base which we serve is fundamental to creating innovative products at Dojo. Whoever you are, if you’re passionate about your work, curious, relentless and customer-obsessed, you have a place at Dojo. 

We want everyone to be the best they can be throughout the recruitment process; if you require any additional adjustments please let us know.

The Role

You'll be a Security Architect within the Information Security division of one of the fastest growing and most successful FinTech companies in Europe. You will play a pivotal role in enhancing the security posture of our organisation's critical assets and providing expertise during the development of our products and features.

Your responsibilities will encompass a diverse range of tasks, all aimed at delivering tangible results that align closely with our business objectives. To thrive here you will need to take ownership of your tasks, adopt a pragmatic mindset and be immensely collaborative.

What you will do:

• Perform architecture reviews and threat modelling of cutting-edge financial products.

• Identify design flaws and recommend changes or improvements during the design phase of the product lifecycle.

• Risk assess and prioritise security threats and findings based on their impact and likelihood, providing recommendations to our engineering teams.

• Help developing enterprise-grade security systems by establishing security requirements with a defence in-depth approach that seamlessly integrates with the business and technology strategy.

• Actively participate in our Security Champions initiative, collaborating with cross-functional teams and advocating for security best practices throughout the organisation. This will also involve mentoring and training of our engineering teams, mainly around application and Cloud security.

What you will bring:

• Extensive experience in performing architecture reviews and threat modelling for products and applications.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience in securing Cloud environments (GCP, Azure, and AWS), as well as applications hosted on these platforms.

• Proficient in working in containerised environments (particularly with Kubernetes), ensuring the security of containerised applications and services.

• Understanding of the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) and the ability to seamlessly integrate security practices and application security tools in CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience in collaborating closely with software engineers and system administrators.

• Ability to thrive in a scaleup environment that values adaptability and innovation.

• Previous experience in penetration testing is a valuable asset.

• Holding industry certifications, such as renowned Cloud architecture certifications, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent, provides a competitive advantage.

About Dojo

We launched Dojo in 2019 to address business owners’ pain points across the UK. Since then, we’ve seen incredible growth as a scaling fintech, welcoming over 150,000 customers and growing the Dojo team to 1,000+ people across five locations. In that time, we’ve also introduced Dojo Virtual Queues & Bookings and the Dojo restaurant finder app, formerly known as WalkUp and loved by 1,000 restaurants and 750,000 diners. 

Today, we work towards our mission to empower businesses to thrive in the Experience Economy by creating the tools and technology that turn transactions into meaningful relationships. For our business customers, that means fast funding, the fastest payments, smart integrations, and efficient virtual queues & bookings - all with instant insight across the board. For diners, that means getting seated at their favourite restaurants with just a couple of taps on the Dojo app. Whether it’s for busy business owners or hungry diners, every Dojo product is built to address real customer pain points by our dedicated teams in London, Bristol, Hull and Belfast. 
 

Our values

At Dojo, we’re curious. We have an insatiable desire to learn and innovate. And we’re relentless. We persevere even when it’s easier not to. But, we’re nothing without our customers, who drive everything we do. From day one, Dojo was built on real customer pain points and every one of us is customer-obsessed. 
 

Our way of working

Dojo has adopted a set of shared principles with the aim of increasing in-person collaboration and amplifying our ‘Customer First’ values. We encourage our employees to meet in-person over virtual meetings, and our communication is mostly asynchronous. Unlike most other businesses, we are intentionally avoiding a rules-based approach, and each team is empowered to make the arrangements that work best for their success. The answer to every scenario which tests these principles is: We trust you to use your judgement responsibly, in the best interest of our customers.

Find out more about our benefits and what it’s like to work at Dojo at dojo.careers. Learn more about Life at Dojo on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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