At Beyond Finance, we've made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care, a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user-centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we've helped over 300,000 clients on their path to a brighter future.
While we're proud of what we've already accomplished, we're searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you're looking to join a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.
About The Role
We are looking for an experienced Cybersecurity Engineer to design and enforce policies and procedures that protect our organization's computing infrastructure from all forms of security breaches. You will be responsible for identifying vulnerabilities and working with our IT department to resolve them, ensuring that our network and data remains secure. To be successful as a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, you should have expert analytical skills and an in-depth knowledge of best practices to prevent a wide range of security threats. Top candidates will also be excellent communicators, able to train and educate our staff in various information security topics.
We’re a Chicago-based company looking for candidates willing to come into our downtown office 2-3 days a week. Enjoy in-person team collaboration, mentorship, and catered lunches — not to mention a free fitness center and relaxation lounge!
What You'll Do
- Design, deploy and maintain a security suite of tools for resiliency and visibility.
- Work cross functionally with teams to deploy security solutions and processes that support a Zero Trust Architecture.
- Identify vulnerabilities and security improvements in our current network and cloud infrastructure and environment.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive plan to secure our Cloud and SaaS environments.
- Monitor Services to ensure compliance with security policies.
- Keeping up to date with developments in IT security standards and threat landscape.
- Perform red team and blue team security activities to enhance security posture.
- Collaborate with management and the IT department to improve security in cloud and SaaS
- Document any security breaches and assessing their damage as per Incident Response scenarios.
- Educate colleagues about security software and best practices for information security.
- Drive security initiatives to completion.
- Keep up with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry trends to ensure proactive defense mechanisms.
- Lead incident response efforts, conduct post-incident analysis, and implement corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
- Mentor and provide guidance to junior security team members, fostering their professional growth and skills development.
What We Look For
- 7+ years of professional information security experience
- Degree in Computer Science or extensive experience in a related technology field.
- Professional information security certification.
- You have a strong desire to continually learn about new technologies.
- Strong bias for action, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- You are a demonstrated leader with team-oriented interpersonal skills and the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of people and roles
- Strong Security Architecture and Operational experience.
- Executive Presence.
- Cross Domain IT experience.
- Solid knowledge of various information security frameworks.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Why Join Us?
While you make a difference for others, we’ll work to make a difference for you, providing an uplifting, collaborative work environment and benefits that reflect your value to us. For eligible full-time employees, we offer:
- Considerable employer contributions for health, dental, and vision programs
- Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave
- 401(k) matching program
- Merit advancement opportunities
- Career development & training
And finally, our team spirit and culture! We cultivate an environment of community, connection, and belonging across our entire organization.
Beyond Finance does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job positions. No fee will be paid to their parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Beyond Finance employees or the Beyond Finance HR team. No placement fee will be paid to any third party unless such a request has been made by the Beyond HR team.
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What We Do
Grow along with our rapidly expanding organization and help us build and serve up customized, unique technological and client service solutions! We’re pushing the boundaries of what a debt consolidation company can offer.
But our mission to uplift isn’t limited to our clients — we know our people deserve to be elevated to their highest potential through growth opportunities, a healthy work-life balance, and continued support.
Why Work With Us
Our people make a real impact — on our organization as a whole, but also on the lives of thousands of Americans. Beyond Finance offers you the chance to have your voice heard, help people, and grow in a collaborative, uplifting environment.
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