PEAK6 · 1 day ago
Senior Information Security Engineer
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$127K/yr - $159K/yr
5+ years expPEAK6 is a leading investment firm that leverages technology to enhance business operations. The Senior Information Security Engineer will play a crucial role in designing and implementing security measures to protect the company's diverse businesses, focusing on threat detection, risk management, and security strategy.
Financial ServicesInformation TechnologyTrading PlatformVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Security Platform Engineering & Operations: Take a lead role in the management, enhancement, and maintenance of critical security infrastructure, including our secure access and SIEM platforms. This involves creating and tuning policies, developing detection logic, managing data ingestion, maintaining integrations, and ensuring consistent performance while acting as a technical lead for troubleshooting
Threat Detection & Incident Response: Serve as a subject matter expert during security incidents, leveraging our security stack to investigate and respond to threats. This includes evaluating common exploits, network attacks, and phishing techniques; performing basic malware analysis; and aligning all activities with our Incident Response Plan and the MITRE ATT&CK framework
Security Architecture & Strategy: Define security measures and reference architecture patterns in collaboration with Systems Architects across the business. Help manage traceability between business objectives and security strategy to continuously improve our security design, development, and deployment processes
Risk Management & Vulnerability Mitigation: Conduct comprehensive analyses to identify business-critical systems and applications. Identify, analyze, and resolve security deficiencies, developing effective risk mitigation measures for our vulnerability and incident management programs and recommending corrective actions
Cloud & Third-Party Security: Contribute to the development of technical guidance and security principles for our cloud technology environments. Evaluate the security risks posed by third-party vendors and services, developing and implementing effective mitigating strategies
Audit & Compliance: Participate in internal audits and security program initiatives to assess our security maturity. Help interpret and apply requirements from applicable standards and regulations (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST) to ensure our technologies and processes adhere to regulatory standards
Project-Based Security Deployment: Actively participate in projects to deploy new security technologies
Documentation & Best Practices: Develop and maintain clear, concise documentation for security systems, policies, and procedures in our internal knowledge base. Champion security best practices across the organization
Proactively Secure Development Lifecycle: Focus on integrating security at every stage of software development to ensure that every release adheres to security best practices. Use tools and practices to identify vulnerabilities early and continuously
Information Security Evangelist: Be an information security leader and a partner within the developer community
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in an Information Security, Network Engineering, or Systems Engineering role with a strong security focus
Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, GIAC, or other cloud/network security credentials)
Demonstrated, hands-on experience deploying and managing a leading SASE platform, including its ZTNA, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) functions
Strong proficiency with a major SIEM platform (experience with modern, cloud-native platforms is highly preferred). Must have experience with log ingestion, parsing, and engineering detection rules with advanced query languages
Deep understanding of core networking principles (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, IPsec) and firewall management
Broad experience across multiple IT domains, demonstrating the ability to work effectively in a 'small team' environment
Proficiency in a scripting language (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automation and integration
Must be available to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to support critical production systems and respond to security emergencies as needed
Preferred
DevOps and Automation Skills as Nice to Have. Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions is appreciated but not the focus—your goal is not to build or maintain these pipelines but to secure them
Familiarity with other common enterprise security tools, such as: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Identity and Access Management (IAM), vulnerability management solutions, and Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Benefits
Healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP)
Competitive PTO
401k match
Parental leave
HSA contribution match
Paid subscription to the Calm app
Generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits
Ability to work remotely up to two days a week
Company
PEAK6
We're In The Business Of What Ought To Be The business of doing, creating, and building the world the way we see fit.
1001-5000 employees
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