Cyber Security Engineer, Coinshares
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Digital asset managers
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Digital asset managers
21-100 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To expand access to the digital asset ecosystem while serving as a trusted partner for our clients.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Cyber Security Engineer with a strong focus on cloud security, particularly AWS, to join our growing security function
- 5+ years’ experience in a cyber security engineering, cloud security, or infrastructure security role
- Strong hands-on experience securing AWS environments in production
- Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience
- Relevant certifications are desirable (e.g. AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, CCSP, GSEC)
- Experience in the financial services sector or other regulated environments would be advantageous
- Demonstrated understanding of cloud security concepts, particularly within AWS
- Hands-on experience configuring and operating AWS GuardDuty
- Strong knowledge of AWS IAM, networking (VPCs, security groups, NACLs), logging, and monitoring
- Experience with cloud security posture management and vulnerability management tools (e.g. Wiz, Qualys, Rapid7)
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and automation (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Solid understanding of security frameworks and regulatory requirements (NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, GDPR)
- Ability to design security controls that scale in fast-moving, cloud-native environments
- Strong problem-solving skills with a pragmatic, risk-based mindset
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical issues to non-security stakeholders
What the job involves
- The Cyber Security team exists to protect CoinShares’ digital assets, systems, people and data while enabling the business to operate securely at speed
- The team safeguards the firm against cyber threats in a highly regulated, cloud-first environment, ensuring that security is embedded into day-to-day operations and technology decisions rather than treated as a standalone control function
- Working closely with all teams, the Cyber Security team designs and maintains a robust security framework that evolves alongside the business
- Their work is central to maintaining operational resilience, regulatory confidence and trust in CoinShares as a leading digital asset manager
- Working closely with the Cyber Security Analyst, IT, and DevOps teams, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security controls across CoinShares’ cloud-first environment
- This role is responsible for engineering and architectural oversight, working in partnership with the Analyst’s monitoring and response activities
- You will play a key role in strengthening CoinShares’ security posture in a highly regulated financial environment, ensuring scalable, resilient, and secure cloud infrastructure
- Design, implement, and maintain security controls across AWS environments
- Configure, manage, and optimise AWS GuardDuty, including alert tuning, findings triage workflows, and integrations with SIEM and incident response processes
- Lead cloud security monitoring, detection engineering, and preventative control design
- Work closely with the Cyber Security Analyst on incident response, providing technical expertise during investigations
- Implement and manage cloud-native security services (e.g. AWS Security Hub, IAM, CloudTrail, VPC security controls)
- Partner with DevOps and engineering teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
- Conduct cloud security architecture reviews and threat modelling for new systems and services
- Support vulnerability management and remediation efforts across cloud and hybrid environments
- Contribute to compliance initiatives (e.g. ISO 27001, SOC 2) through control design, evidence generation, and audit support
- Develop and maintain security standards, patterns, and technical documentation
- Continuously evaluate emerging cloud security threats and recommend improvements
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Coinshares is a digital asset investment house founded in 2013, aiming to bridge the gap between traditional financial markets and crypto markets. Using a mixture of financial expertise and artificial intelligence, Coinshares offer a suite of products and services for investors and traders.
Coinshares is headed by some of the brightest in financial trading, CSO Meltem Demirors being a major spokesperson for the benefits and evolution of crypto. As the market philosophy has changed, Coinshares employees are proponents of engaging with institutions on a financial level rather than disconnecting crypto from them entirely. With one of its founders being a former JP Morgan Strategist, it’s no surprise to find that Coinshare makes evidence-based decisions on trading, keeping their relationships measured and cautious.
This is a positive for Coinshares, evidenced by how the company has deftly navigated the financial turmoil of the 2020s. Despite bitcoin and ether falling in value over this period, Coinshares bought back shares from Nasdaq in June 2022.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Employee Development: We value continuous personal development and training through our partnership with Coursera aswell as offering sponsorship for qualifications such as IMC, CFA, and other recognised professional courses.
- Health and Wellness: CoinShares provides eligible employees with comprehensive and competitive health coverage and other wellbeing benefits.
- Financial Future: We aim to help make you and your families future more financially secure by helping you pursue your retirement goals and offering life and other disability benefits
Company HQ
Saint Helier, St Helier
Leadership
JM Mognetti
(Co-Founder & CEO)Currently Director at Komainu-Next Generation Custodian and XBT Provider. Previously Director at Global Advisors Holdings Limited.
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