Cloud Security Engineer

• Familiarity with building and deploying containerised applications in public cloud using CI/CD frameworks and infrastructure automation

• Knowledge of cloud networking architecture, cloud operations, security, automation and orchestration

• Familiarity with performing security threat modelling and design reviews

• Knowledge of security in distributed systems

• Familiarity with good security practices with containers and Kubernetes

• Experience with languages such as Go, Python, or other modern programming languages

• Coding experience in the creation, automation, and integration of security tools

• Experience in version control systems such as Git

• Experience with designing, developing, and maintaining security in public cloud environments such as AWS and GCP

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to support collaboration with other personnel and teams

• Existing experience building and operating distributed systems at scale

• Awareness and experience with "well-architected" cloud security frameworks or CSA-CCM

• Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, etc)

• Experience in performing web application penetration testing and security tooling

• Experience developing tools and interacting with cloud provider APIs.

We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.

Thought Machine's mission is bold - to properly and permanently rid the world's banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.

A Cloud Security Engineer is a contributor to the larger Security Engineering team. We desire engineers who are able to think creatively, design, and build solutions to security problems. We have a passion for exploring unique solutions and sharing differing perspectives that leads to the development of leading solutions to complex security problems.

A large part of the Thought Machine security function is greenfield; we are building the bank of tomorrow with cutting edge technology. To achieve this we need innovative thinking to create security solutions in our products and our infrastructure. We look for people who think outside the box, and outside of traditional silos to find unique solutions and approaches to security that lead the industry.

• Designs and reviews to build a secure product and platform

• Threat modelling to identify relevant areas of focus

• Define the best in class protective and detective security controls

• Development of security tooling and automation

• Implement and maintain cutting-edge tools and measures

The team covers the following areas, and individuals contribute to any of them based on their own expertise:

• Provide security expertise and mentorship to Thought Machine engineering teams through the stages of planning, design, and testing of new solutions.

• Build and maintain automation to actively audit and assess infrastructure-as-code and in-place infrastructure

• Design and build cloud native preventative and detective controls that operate at scale

• Co-develop threat models with engineering teams that identify relevant threats and relevant strategies for mitigation

• Develop (in code) security tooling, contribute to third-party security products, and develop updates for existing tooling that is in use in our environment

• Work with cloud engineering and operations teams to develop tooling that maintains our secure operating state in production

• Perform security reviews and security testing

• Contribute to the overall security strategy, security tooling selection and creation

• Operate collaboratively with other Thought Machine teams with trust and influence

This is a full-time, permanent position based in our Lisbon office, requiring four days a week onsite.