PAX Technology, Inc. is a global leader in payment solutions, seeking a Senior AWS Information Security Engineer to enhance security across their AWS-based infrastructure. The role involves leading security initiatives, implementing scalable solutions, and mentoring junior engineers while ensuring compliance with financial institutions' requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Lead complex security initiatives across multiple services teams and drive architectural decisions that impact organization-wide security posture
- Build automated security testing frameworks and continuous security monitoring system
- Implement scalable security solutions using Java, Python, Go, or other relevant languages
- Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers and establish security engineering best practices
- Partner with software development teams to build security controls directly into the development lifecycle
- Lead security incident responses and drive root cause analysis for complex security events
- Influence product roadmaps by providing security expertise during planning phases
- Drive technical direction for security projects impacting multiple teams or organizations
- Author and maintain technical design documents for security systems and controls
- Review and approve security architecture proposals and technical implementation plans
- Lead security reviews for critical systems and applications
- Partner with Compliance to drive security improvements
- Represent security engineering in senior-level technical discussions
- Mentor junior security engineers and develop team capabilities
- Drive security best practices across engineering organizations
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in AWS Security Engineer
- Strong hands-on AWS security experience
- Flexibility on work schedule to assist the team
- AWS Security Specialty certification
- CISSP, CISM, or equivalent certifications
- Experience in ISO 27001 environments