Localcoin

Cybersecurity Engineer

Canada

Work authorization required$100k-$150kDetected 27 days ago

JavaSnowflakeAWSLinuxCybersecurityPenetration TestingSIEMSOC OperationsDetection EngineeringIncident ResponseCompliance

About the role

We envision bringing digital currency to the mainstream financial market through partnerships with leading corporate and franchised retail spaces.
With terminals across Canada, Poland and the APAC region, including Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, Localcoin is now the fastest growing Bitcoin ATM operator in the world.
As a member of our rapidly growing team, you'll join a talented, dynamic group of team members who will encourage you to learn, grow, and thrive in your career every step of the way.

Design, implement, and harden security infrastructure across our AWS-based cloud environment.
Build and improve vulnerability management and reporting processes across infrastructure and applications.
Lead and coordinate security incident response efforts, including investigation, remediation, and postmortem analysis.
Implement and manage SIEM, monitoring, alerting, and detection capabilities
Partner with engineering teams to design and maintain secure systems and development practices.
Develop automation and tooling to improve security operations and reduce manual processes.
Support application security initiatives including secure SDLC practices, threat modeling, and testing workflows.
Manage external penetration testing engagements and remediation tracking
Collaborate with vendors, auditors, and compliance stakeholders on security and regulatory initiatives.

10 years of hands-on experience securing AWS and cloud-native infrastructure, including infrastructure hardening, IAM, networking, and cloud security best practices.
Experience with application security practices and secure software delivery.
Experience managing penetration testing programs and remediation processes.
Experience operating in fintech, cryptocurrency, or other regulated environments.
Strong understanding of modern security threats, attack vectors, and defensive controls.
Ability to write code, automation, or tooling to improve security operations.
Experience working cross-functionally with engineering and infrastructure teams.
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

Experience implementing or operating SIEM platforms.
Security automation and orchestration experience.
Detection engineering experience.
Experience with SAST/DAST tooling and workflows.
Familiarity with compliance and regulatory frameworks such as FINTRAC, MiCA, DORA, PIPEDA, PCI-DSS, or SOC 2.
Security certifications such as OSCP, CISSP, GIAC, Security+, or cloud security certifications.
You'll work across a modern cloud-native stack including:
Java-based services

Design, implement, and harden security infrastructure across our AWS-based cloud environment.
Build and improve vulnerability management and reporting processes across infrastructure and applications.
Lead and coordinate security incident response efforts, including investigation, remediation, and postmortem analysis.
Implement and manage SIEM, monitoring, alerting, and detection capabilities
Partner with engineering teams to design and maintain secure systems and development practices.
Develop automation and tooling to improve security operations and reduce manual processes.

Localcoin, founded in 2017 with headquarters in Toronto, is on a mission to simplify the process and experience of buying or selling digital currencies globally. We envision bringing digital currency to the mainstream financial market through partnerships with leading corporate and franchised retail spaces. With terminals across Canada, Poland and the APAC region, including Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, Localcoin is now the fastest growing Bitcoin ATM operator in the world.
At its core, Localcoin believes that everyone should be able to own cryptocurrency and have a deep understanding of blockchain technology. As a member of our rapidly growing team, you'll join a talented, dynamic group of team members who will encourage you to learn, grow, and thrive in your career every step of the way.
We are a high-ownership engineering organization focused on building secure, resilient, and scalable systems in a rapidly evolving regulatory and threat landscape.
As one of the earliest dedicated security hires, you'll play a foundational role in shaping our security posture, tooling, and engineering practices across the company.
Localcoin, founded in 2017 with headquarters in Toronto, is on a mission to simplify the process and experience of buying or selling digital currencies globally.
At its core, Localcoin believes that everyone should be able to own cryptocurrency and have a deep understanding of blockchain technology.

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