Cloud Security Engineer

About XM

XM is a large and well-established global industry leader. Our extensive financial experience, state of the art trading environment and dedicated customer support make XM the broker of choice for online investors.

With its headquarters in Cyprus and offices in the US, UK, Australia, Greece and UAE, XM currently employs more than 600 professionals.  

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Position

We are looking for a Cloud Security Engineer with experience on AWS, to join our growing team. The successful candidate will have an essential role in ensuring the information security of our business. You will be working in a team that is designing and building resilient and secure Cloud environments that proactively prevent security threats.

The main responsibilities of the position include:

• Designs and builds resilient Cloud infrastructures that are protected against security threats
• Develops and assesses Cloud security solutions to secure systems, databases and networks
• Conducts assessments and makes recommendations to ensure that appropriate controls are in place
• Gains insight into security incidents and threats by monitoring/analyzing logs and performing vulnerability assessments
• Participates in efforts that shape the company’s security policies, procedures and standards for use in Cloud environments
• Creates technical and managerial level security reports for Cloud-based applications and infrastructure
• Implements and tests network and security Disaster Recovery procedures to ensure business continuity
• Monitors use of sensitive data and regulates access to safeguard information
• Ensures the confidentiality and integrity of data during transmission, storage and processing
• Reviews violations of security procedures and discusses procedures with violators to ensure they are not repeated
• Provides support to end users regarding network and security related issues

Your qualification

• BSc/MSc in Information Security or any other related field
• Minimum 1 year working experience in Information Security, with proven focus in Cloud Security
• Deep technical knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Expertise in Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud will be considered an advantage
• Hands-on experience on AWS services such as IAM, Organizations, SSO, VPC, Transit Gateway, S3, EC2, RDS, ELB, CloudTrail, Config, Inspector, GuardDuty, WAF, etc
• Clear understanding of current threats to Cloud infrastructure and advanced knowledge of securing such environments
• Experience in DevSecOps methodologies is considered a plus
• Experience building and deploying applications to the cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform is considered a plus
• Expertise in container security is considered a plus
• Ability to work autonomously with minimum supervision and to integrate well within a team
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies in depth

What we offer

• Attractive remuneration package
• Private health insurance
• Intellectually stimulating work environment
• Continuous personal development and international training opportunities

Type of employment: Full time

Location: Limassol or Nicosia, Cyprus / Athens, Greece / Remote work also available