Cybersecurity Engineer

About the role

Jane Street is looking for a full-time Cybersecurity Engineer to join its London office and help protect the firm's employees, data and infrastructure. The Cybersecurity team consists of programmers and security experts who develop and use monitoring tools, handle incident response and remediation, and apply a methodical approach to investigating and fixing security issues.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and use monitoring tools to guard the firm against threats.
• Handle incident response and remediation when a threat is found.
• Apply a methodical approach to unstructured investigations to locate and repair the source of security issues.
• Act as an ambassador of best practices, helping colleagues adopt good personal cybersecurity hygiene and sharing what they learn with new analysts.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or a related field.
• Avid follower of cybersecurity news.
• Strong programmer with high potential and an aptitude for learning.
• Familiar with threat modeling and able to explain the trade-offs made to internal stakeholders.
• Able to explain the cybersecurity decisions you've made in your own life.
• Able to adapt to changing scenarios and make challenging decisions under pressure.
• Humble attitude about what you know and don't know, curious problem solver with a positive, collaborative attitude.

Required skills

• Version control for code and configuration files.
• Knowledge of an editor (any editor is acceptable).