Vice President, Cyber & Network Security Engineer

CLS-Group•Iselin, NJ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day. Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use. CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market. Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment: Pivotal purpose, Trusted guardian, Targeted innovation, Facilitate connections, Delivering excellence, Inclusive culture.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Security Engineering, Cloud Security Engineering, or Infrastructure Security.
Experience mentoring and leading junior engineers.
Experience working across engineering and architecture groups to deliver solutions that are secure from the ground up.
Experience building and deploying AWS environments from the ground up.
Hands-on experience onboarding, configuring, and operating enterprise security platforms.
Strong experience automating security operations using Python.
Experience supporting security technology evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and production rollouts.
AWS (preferred)
Infrastructure-as-Code concepts
Linux and Windows administration
Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, Routing, Proxies)
Splunk
Forcepoint Web Security
Forcepoint DLP
Forcepoint Email Security
Zscaler DLP
Microsoft Purview DLP
Qualys VMDR
SIEM, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), DLP, and Vulnerability Management technologies
Ansible
SCCM
SPL
Python
REST APIs
Automation frameworks
Scripting and orchestration
CI/CD concepts
Experience in security engineering / cyber engineering in complex, regulated environments (markets technology / investment banking / FMI strongly preferred).
Proven delivery of large-scale security platforms end-to-end (design → build → run), including multi-system integration.
Engineering mindset: able to go deep on architecture, automation, telemetry, and operational resilience.
Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into execution.
Strong communicator and collaborative who can work across the organization.
Data-driven and outcome-focused, with a bias toward measurable security improvements.
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Experience in security engineering (5+ years)
Experience in: Working in highly regulated operations and complex organizational structures.
Reporting to senior leadership supporting executive level decision-making and prioritization.
Engaging in complex governance, contributing to multi-layered committees or forums.
Understand, interpret and apply regulatory requirements, compliance and industry standards.

Nice To Haves

AWS Solutions Architect, Security Specialty, or equivalent certification.
Splunk Power User, Admin, or Architect certification.
CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Administrator.
Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

Design, build and configuring and maintain enterprise security platforms and services.
Troubleshoot platform, infrastructure, and integration issues across security ecosystems.
Work with infrastructure engineering on infrastructure deliverables ensuring that security is engineered into their solutions.
Provide senior leadership and guidance to the wider engineering community.
Help build and manage AWS environments used for proof-of-concepts, product evaluation, security testing, and production deployments.
Develop repeatable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) capabilities for rapid deployment of security tooling.
Engineer secure cloud architectures incorporating: EC2, VPCs, Security Groups, IAM, Route53, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, AWS Organizations.
Support secure cloud adoption initiatives and platform modernization programs.
Develop automation solutions using Python to reduce operational overhead and improve security effectiveness.
Create and maintain scripts, APIs, orchestration workflows, and automation frameworks for: Security tool deployment, Configuration management, Monitoring and alerting, Compliance validation, Asset discovery, Data collection and reporting.
Integrate security tooling with enterprise workflows and operational platforms.
Design and implement security monitoring use cases.
On board new log sources.
Develop Splunk searches, correlation rules, dashboards, and reporting capabilities.
Improve threat detection coverage through security telemetry integration and log onboarding.
Partner with Cyber Defense teams to improve detection engineering and incident response capabilities.
Deploy and manage enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions.
Configure and optimize: Forcepoint DLP, Microsoft Purview DLP, Zscaler DLP.
Work with data owners and security architects to implement controls protecting sensitive information.
Collaborate closely senior engineers and architects to deliver secure-by-design solutions.
Support security technology roadmaps and strategic initiatives.

Benefits

2 paid volunteer days
Generous parental leave policies
Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
Wellbeing and mental health support resources
Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network)
Hybrid working
Flexible working
Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
Social events
Annual flu vaccinations.
Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
Access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.