Security Engineer

Security Engineer

Remote - EU/Africa

9 month initial contract

Who are we?

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We help businesses deliver technical projects better than ever before through our platform and on-demand Elastic Teams™. 

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About this role 

You will be responsible for integrating security into every phase of cloud infrastructure and application development. You'll work on IAM, security automation, and compliance, ensuring that all cloud services meet regulatory and operational security requirements.

Your Responsibilities

• Implement secure access management through IAM, RBAC, and VPC Service Controls.

• Design and manage encryption and key management solutions using Cloud KMS and HSM.

• Conduct security audits using Security Command Center and Cloud Asset Inventory.

• Automate compliance checks and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines.

• Perform threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and security code reviews.

• Develop security policies for network security, certificate management, and key rotation.

• Work closely with financial compliance teams to ensure adherence to regulatory standards.

About You

We’re looking for passionate technologists who enjoy working in collaborative agile teams. You’ll need to be a clear, concise & engaging communicator with people on your team. We enjoy the big picture and the detail; we want people who excel at both.

• Deep expertise in Cloud KMS, HSM, and certificate management.

• Strong programming background in Python, Go, and Java.

• Experience with SAST, DAST, and container security tools.

• Security architecture expertise, including IAM, network security, and PKI.

• Knowledge of financial compliance frameworks and audit requirements.

• Proficiency in security automation, logging, and monitoring best practices.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with financial messaging protocols.

• Experience with automating compliance reporting.

• Understanding of NATS security and secure messaging architectures.

About us

Distributed is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Employees and contractors, as well as prospective employees and contractors, will all be treated equally and fairly. Distributed is committed to ensuring no less favourable treatment is experienced by any current or prospective employee because of any of the protected characteristics under the UK Equality Act 2010 or equivalent local equality legislation.

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