Security Engineer - Platform Security
Qube Research & Technologies2 months ago
Base Salary
$180k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build secure platforms for evaluating and adopting emerging technologies across cloud and on-premises environments.
- Develop reusable security architectures, isolation patterns, trust boundaries, and guardrails.
- Evaluate technologies, identify risks, and translate findings into practical engineering controls.
- Design security for networks, identity, privileged access, containers, Kubernetes, and workload isolation.
- Automate security by default using infrastructure-as-code, policy-as-code, APIs, and software engineering.
- Apply LLMs, AI-assisted tooling, and emerging technologies to improve security engineering and automation.
- Perform threat modeling and risk assessments for infrastructure, software, cloud services, and emerging technologies.
- Partner with infrastructure, engineering, research, and business teams to deliver secure solutions and communicate risk clearly.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in security engineering, platform security, cloud security, or infrastructure engineering.
- Strong experience designing secure hybrid infrastructure, ideally including AWS.
- Deep knowledge of network security, IAM, least privilege, and defense-in-depth.
- Hands-on experience with containers, Kubernetes, virtualization, and workload security.
- Strong infrastructure-as-code and automation experience, particularly with Terraform.
- Strong scripting or software development skills in Python, Go, PowerShell, or similar.
- Practical experience with threat modeling, CI/CD security, and software supply-chain security.
- Curiosity, an automation-minded approach, ownership, collaboration, communication, and sound judgment.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package.
- Discretionary performance-based bonuses are included in total compensation.
- The role is based in New York and is part of QRT’s global Security function.
About Qube Research & Technologies
Qube Research & Technologies is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager that develops and trades data-driven strategies across liquid asset classes for institutional investors. The firm manages client capital and proprietary funds, earning management and performance fees. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, it operates with offices in 16 locations worldwide.