Senior Security Engineer

Description

At Xe, we live currencies. We provide a comprehensive range of currency services and products, including our Currency Converter, Market Analysis, Currency Data API and quick, easy, secure Money Transfers for individuals and businesses. We leverage technology to deliver these services through our website, mobile app and by phone. Last year, we helped over 300 million people access information about the currencies that matter to them and over 225,000 people used us to send money overseas.
 
Our principles

• AMBITION- We dream big, try things out and always ask “why not?” and “what if?” We’re ambitious in our thinking and our delivery
• RESPONSIBILITY- We get involved, bring our perspective and are always open to new ideas. We take personal responsibility
• COMMUNITY- We value a sense of belonging, trusting each other and encouraging authenticity. We contribute to our community

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Work closely with IT and Security teams to assess and ensure on premise and cloud environments and applications are designed and built with sound security principles.
• Monitor and respond to security incidents and threats in on premise and cloud environments.
• Play a key role in event analysis and incident response process improvement.
• Ensure internal security standards and requirements are met and work with the team to identify gaps and design the required action plan.
• Maintain compliance with the external regulations (e.g., PCI DSS, PSD2, Swift, GDPR) including working with external auditors to ensure controls are met and all security recommendations are implemented within the required time.
• Evaluate and provide security recommendations as needed for IT Architecture and System Engineering projects including software applications and component reviews (including Third Party/Vendors/Supply Chain)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the security of cloud applications and services.
• Provide expert guidance on cloud security best practices and technologies.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest cloud security trends and technologies.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
 
Essential:

• Superb time management, task accountability, and organizational abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of cloud provider hardening techniques
• Experience with multi-tier web applications, relational databases, and firewalls
• High level understanding of a wide range of security products such as IDS/IPS, DLP, cloud security solutions, FIM, proxy servers and AV etc.

Desirable:

• Prior DevOps or hands-on administrative experience is highly desirable.
• CCSP or AWS Certified Security Specialist, or other related cloud security certifications.
• Knowledge of PCI DSS, GDPR, and SWIFT
• CISSP and GIAC qualifications 

PERKS & BENEFITS

• Competitive salary and bonus.
• 23 days holiday (increasing with service 1 day per annum, capped at 28 days) plus birthday day-off.
• Group pension plan 4% employer contribution.
• Euronet Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Healthcare Insurance Scheme, Income Protection Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme.
• Critical Illness Cover.

 
We want Xe to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organization that encourages diversity in all respects.
At Xe we are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on
The position responsibilities outlined above are intended to define the general contents and requirements to perform this job. It is not to be taken as a complete statement of responsibilities or requirements. This job description does not restrict the Company’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job as needed.