Senior Security Engineer

**The company**:
Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) is a financial technology firm that is modernizing the equity capital markets (ECM).CMG connects investors and underwriters via a neutral platform that delivers integrated ECM data and analytics, transparency, and workflow efficiencies. Providing a digital system of record for firm-wide deal activity, CMG helps clients make more timely, better-informed decisions.

Launched in 2017 by a team of ECM practitioners, the CMG platform is currently relied upon by nearly 100 buy side firms representing $20 trillion in AUM and 15 investment banks. CMG’s goal is to alleviate pain points resulting from disparate solutions, fragmented data, and frenzied communication. CMG’s DataLab product solves for data analytics, while CMG’s XC platform establishes connectivity between buy
- and sell-side firms.

**Position Overview**:
**Key Responsibilities**:
**Cloud & Infrastructure Security**:
- Design, implement, and evolve cloud security architecture strategies and frameworks across multi-cloud platforms (i.e., Azure and either AWS/GCP).
- Conduct risk assessments and secure cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, ensuring compliance with security standards and policies.
- Partner with DevOps on cloud security initiatives, including network security, data protection, secure configurations, and encryption.
- Ensure cloud-native services are secured, such as identity management, storage, and compute resources, while ensuring adherence to regulatory and industry standards.

**Application Security & DevSecOps**:
- Integrate security best practices into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), focusing on secure coding, dependency management, and continuous vulnerability scanning for languages such as.NET, JavaScript, and Python.
- Collaborate with development teams to establish security standards and enforce secure coding practices.
- Implement and maintain API security standards, including authentication, encryption, and secrets management.
- Implement and maintain any required security audit trails and/or integrations into security monitoring apparatus

**Security Automation & Compliance**:
- Develop policy-as-code frameworks and automate security testing in CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, ensuring security is continuously enforced during deployments.
- Drive the adoption of security automation tools to streamline secure deployments, enforce security policies, and manage cloud configurations.

**Security Governance & Leadership**:
**Required Qualifications**:
- 4+ years of experience securing cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS, GCP), including deep expertise with cloud-native security tools and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Strong understanding of API security, encryption, and secrets management in distributed cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience with automation tools like Terraform and Ansible, and security-focused CI/CD pipelines.
- Expertise in securing containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and addressing vulnerabilities in container images and dependencies.
- Strong knowledge of cryptography, key management, and data protection best practices.
- Must be based in Cordoba, Argentina
- English level - C1 or C2

**Key Technologies**:
- ** CloudPlatforms**:Azure (preferred), GCP, AWS
- ** Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)**:Terraform
- ** Languages**:.NET, JavaScript, Python, Bash, Powershell
- ** Containers**:Docker, Kubernetes
- ** CI/CD Tools**:GitHub
- ** Database**:PostgreSQL
- ** Secrets Management**:Key Vault
- ** Operating Systems**:Linux, Windows, MacOS

**Desired Qualities**:
- Strong ownership and initiative, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent multitasking and prioritization skills, capable of handling complex, concurrent tasks.
- Passion for security innovation, staying ahead of emerging threats, and continuously improving security processes.
- Detail-oriented, ensuring thorough tracking of issues and resolutions.

**Our values**:
- We innovate with purpose
- We focus on outcomes vs. output
- We believe diverse and inclusive teams fuel innovation
- We are humble yet candid
- We do right by the customer

**What we offer**:
- 2 year+ contract
- 15 days of vacation
- Gym membership contribution
- Language courses
- Tech courses and conferences
- Top-of-the-line MacBook
- Potential trips to the USA
- Company team-building events
- Flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. CMG is an equal-opportunity employer.