DevSecOps Engineer

Unit is building the platform to power the next generation of financial services. Our mission is to help companies expand financial access for all. Our simple and powerful banking-as-a-service API helps companies launch bank accounts, cards, payments, and lending in weeks - not years. 

Unit was founded by a team with deep fintech and financial services experience and the first banking-as-a-service platform to reach unicorn status. We have raised over $169 million to date from top investors including Insight Partners, Accel, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Aleph, and Flourish and serve 140+ customers including AngelList, Honeybook, Roofstock, and many more.

THE ROLE

Unit is currently looking for a DevSecOps Engineer to join our team and take ownership of both infrastructure and cloud security aspects. This position will contribute to the security and reliability of Unit's infrastructure, offering an opportunity to combine expertise in DevOps practices with a strong focus on ensuring our cloud environment remains secure and resilient as we grow.

The desired candidate should be well-organized, highly motivated, and (hands-on) experienced in both cloud infrastructure and cloud security. They will collaborate closely with the existing DevOps, CTO and security team to constantly drive improvements in technical architecture, security standards, and operational routines. We're looking for a true team player who can make an immediate impact within our growing organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure using best-in-class DevOps practices.

• Oversee development activities to ensure the security of data, infrastructure, application and internal development-lifecycle workflows such as the company’s CI/CD pipelines.

• Define, implement and own the technical and operational tools and controls, to allow a timely identification and correction of weaknesses, misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in our constantly-evolving security posture within the cloud.

• Constantly assess potential threats to the organization's systems and data, translate to business impact and and prioritize efforts based on their potential business value.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR?

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps

• At least 3 years of proven experience with one of the major cloud providers (AWS preferred).

• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform is an advantage).

• Deep understanding of Cloud Security aspects such as identity management, networking, data policies and secret management.

• Proven experience in managing and maintaining production-grade Kubernetes clusters

• Deep understanding and hands-on experience with containerization and Docker

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

• Ability to understand business needs and constantly balance security-related tasks with business value

• Desire to understand the company’s product and develop a streamlined communication and language with the product and engineering team

• Ability to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment

• Effective problem-solving skills, independent

• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

Working at Unit means joining a global team on a mission to create a more equitable financial ecosystem. We’re a fast-growing team of individuals who are passionate about their work, see the big picture and always seek to empower our clients and their end-customers.