7 months ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and implement cloud security architecture across AWS and GCP.
- Build and mature SOC capabilities, including security detection and incident response.
- Own Microsoft Sentinel and improve SIEM/SOAR capabilities.
- Strengthen identity and access management through automated RBAC across AWS, Microsoft Entra, and internal systems.
- Contribute security-focused infrastructure as code using AWS CDK and Terraform before deployment.
- Implement network security, IAM, VPCs, encryption, logging, and monitoring across AWS and GCP.
- Embed zero-trust policies and security controls into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement SAST, dependency scanning, container security, and automated policy enforcement.
- Challenge production application and infrastructure security standards and support pre-deployment security reviews.
- Partner with engineering teams on secure architecture, deployment patterns, and secure SDLC practices.
Requirements
- Strong professional background in DevSecOps and cloud security engineering.
- Strong Python development skills, including scripting automation, interacting with APIs, and building security tooling.
- Strong understanding of network security fundamentals and their application to distributed cloud architectures.
- Experience owning both security system development and operational incident response.
- Ability to work in a dynamic, ambiguous, fast-paced startup environment while balancing security and engineering velocity.
Benefits
- Equity participation.
- Hybrid work with 3 days per week in the office.
- 25 days of holiday plus 8 bank holidays per year.
- Two paid volunteering days per year.
- One month of paid sabbatical after 4 years.
- Employee loan.
- Free gym membership.
- Team wellness budget.
About Abound
Abound is a UK consumer lender that uses Open Banking data and AI to underwrite personal loans of £1,000–£20,000 with terms up to five years. It lends directly to consumers and evaluates overall financial health rather than only credit scores; Abound is a trading name of Fintern Ltd, an FCA‑authorised firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in London. The company has issued over £1.3bn in loans and reached profitability about 2.5 years after launch.