Senior Information Security Engineer

Information Security Engineer 5 days a week on site in NYC, NY Full Time Opportunity Role Overview Ninth Wave is seeking to hire a Senior Information Security Engineer that will operate a world class information security program. This role will be empowered to implement information security compliance processes and procedures while also being the subject matter expert in all-things information security.

Security Engineer will establish, lead, and maintain the Information Security Management program comprised of policies, procedures, and systems to manage risks to Ninth Wave and its customers. This security leader will help maintain Ninth Wave’s SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI-DSS compliance while expanding the use of standards like the NIST, CIS, and ISO27001.

About ninthwave

Ninth Wave, Inc.

Responsibilities

• Maintain policies, processes, and procedures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Ninth Wave’s data and services.
• Mature the information security program to continually discover, reassess, and mitigate security risks as the business, product, and customer landscape changes.
• Ownership over cloud infrastructure security, security operations, application security, and GRC.
• Maintain compliance with industry control standards including SOC Type 2 and PCI-DSS.
• Manage security across all aspects of our cloud infrastructure (Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure services) Serve as a technical mentor for security engineering.
• Manage program to complete technology diligence processes with our customer and partners as we scale.
• Partner with the product management, software development, infrastructure, and operations to ensure that Ninth Wave achieves confidentiality, integrity, and availability outcomes for its products and services.

Requirements

• Qualifications 10 years of experience managing or leading information security functions.
• Strong background in API-centric SaaS enterprise financial software.
• Consultative approach towards security with the ability to guide and educate developers on security best practices.
• Experience in security operations, incident response and managing security incidents Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or MIS.

Preferred

• Experience managing information security control standards, including SOC2, PCI-DSS, NIST CSF, and ISO 27001.
• Experience working with products or businesses in FinTech, banking, financial services, other highly regulated sectors.
• Relevant certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP), advanced degree, or equivalent experience preferred.

The Senior

Candite will also serve as the point person on Information security calls with clients and help complete client due diligence request.