Optiver
Optiver

Security Engineer

Full-timeChicago, Illinois, United StatesEnterprise1mo ago

Job Overview

We are seeking a motivated, hands-on Security Engineer to join our security team. In this role, you will help protect, monitor, and continuously improve the security of our global systems — including cloud (AWS and M365) and on-premises infrastructure. You’ll play a central part in risk mitigation, incident response, automation of security operations, and embedding security best practices across our organization.

What you'll do

As a Security Engineer at Optiver, you'll be responsible for monitoring, protecting, and continuously improving the security of our global systems and infrastructure. At Optiver, this means proactive threat prevention, swift identification of security risks, and rapid response to incidents to ensure our systems remain secure under all circumstances. An engineering mindset, attention to detail, and a preference for pragmatic solutions are essential to keeping our systems operating.

In practice, this means you will work on a range of activities in collaboration with the global security team on activities such as:

Security Operations & Monitoring

  • Monitor daily security operations, identify threats, investigate alerts, and respond to incidents

Core Requirements

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