Cybersecurity Engineer

Chicago, IL

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At Beyond Finance, we've made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care, a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user-centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we've helped over 300,000 clients on their path to a brighter future.

While we're proud of what we've already accomplished, we're searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you're looking to join a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.

 

 

About the Role

Beyond Finance is growing its security team and it's capabilities for safeguarding our infrastructure. As a result, we're excited to be adding a Cybersecurity Engineer to the team. This person plays an imperative role on the team by maintaining and enhancing our security posture for our cloud infrastructure, creates alerts for internal issues,  and responds to mission critical incidents. While a cybersecurity engineer has their main responsibility that they take ownership of, they also help the rest of the team with other areas including, but not limited to vulnerability management, GRC, AppSec, and much more. If you're interested in joining an organization with an awesome security team that believes in driving new ideas and operating as an owner, come join us!

What You'll Do

  • Monitor, analyze, and respond to security alerts and incidents using Datadog, Wiz and other security tools.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for interactions with the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), ensuring effective communication, issue resolution, and reporting.
  • Collaborate with internal IT teams to implement and refine cloud security measures, ensuring compliance with best practices.
  • Conduct regular vulnerability assessments and assist with penetration testing coordination.
  • Maintain detailed documentation of security incidents and remediation steps.
  • Provide security insights and recommendations to internal stakeholders based on incident analysis and industry best practices.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of security policies, procedures, and guidelines.

What we Look For

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 3+ years of experience in cloud security, with direct experience utilizing SIEM tools such as Datadog, Crowdstrike and Wiz.
  • Experience setting up alerts for internal issues and crafting internal policies. 
  • Previous experience working closely with an MSSP, handling escalations, and coordinating responses.
  • Strong understanding of cloud security frameworks and compliance standards (e.g., CIS, NIST, ISO 27001).
  • Knowledge of incident response methodologies and cybersecurity best practices.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex security incidents.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+, AWS Certified Security Specialty) are highly desirable.

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The base annual salary range is listed below. This role is eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus.

Base Salary Range$101,000—$130,000 USD

Why Join Us?

While you make a difference for others, we’ll work to make a difference for you, providing an uplifting, collaborative work environment and benefits that reflect your value to us. For eligible full-time employees, we offer:

  • Considerable employer contributions for health, dental, and vision programs
  • Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Merit advancement opportunities
  • Career development & training

And finally, our team spirit and culture! We cultivate an environment of community, connection, and belonging across our entire organization.

Beyond Finance does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job positions.  No fee will be paid to their parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Beyond Finance employees or the Beyond Finance HR team.  No placement fee will be paid to any third party unless such a request has been made by the Beyond HR team.

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Tags: Application security AWS CISM CISSP Cloud Compliance CompTIA Computer Science CrowdStrike Finance Incident response ISO 27001 NIST Pentesting SIEM Vulnerability management

Perks/benefits: Career development Health care Parental leave Salary bonus

Region: North America
Country: United States

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