Cloud Security Engineer, Parity
Blockchain infrastructure for the decentralised web
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Blockchain infrastructure for the decentralised web
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable businesses and organisations to capitalise on blockchain technology and benefit from the new opportunities it presents.
Role
Who you are
- Focused on outcomes (rather than activities) and outcome based delivery
- Ability to partner with multiple teams in order to (including but not only tackle issues, clarifying requirements, communicating and convincing stakeholders, etc..)
- Comfortable with a Linux-based tech stack (managed VMs, SSH, VPNs, firewalls,)
- Experience with Kubernetes (incl. managed), Terraform, Ansible, Github, Gitlab,, ArgoCD, Image registries
- Experience with various cloud platforms including, Google Cloud, non-managed providers
- We’d love it if you had an understanding of blockchain tech and associated tooling (wallets, keys, RPC nodes and indexers etc.)
What the job involves
- The Cloud Security team is pivotal in helping infrastructure and Release management teams to secure our networks, operating systems, containers, pipelines and code
- We are part of the Security team with a mission of reducing the impact of threats to Parity and its products, bolstering their resilience against potential cyber threats
- This is a crucial role where your understanding of people, systems, and security will allow you to advocate for and influence best practices in a diverse free thinking organisation while facilitating smooth development and implementation processes
- It is a unique opportunity to help secure an innovative organisation where feedback is direct and honest and understands that a check box approach doesn’t get results
- Advising Infra Engineering and IT teams on security topics and supporting their work from the security standpoint — maintaining things practical using a risk-based approach with a focus on following areas
- Automation of security controls, security hardening of the developer and IaC processes (building, testing, release), supply chain security (part of the build process), related metrics and monitoring/audits
- Network, Vm & container image and system hardening, Cloud issues and misconfigurations
- Endpoint Security, Infrastructure Identity and Access Management, SIEM, Threat intelligence, common misconfigs (DNS, email, networking, etc.)
- Organising and performing penetration testing of our infrastructure, and collaborating with external parties on those tests
- Picking tools, methods and approaches to maintain and improve the security stance of the company. (And we have a strong preference towards FOSS tooling when possible)
- Writing and enabling adoption of company-wide security standards and guidelines, as well as implementing tools and automation to enable their deployment
- Mentoring other team members on all matters related to security and IT and infrastructure engineering
Our take
Parity is a blockchain developer that builds infrastructure for the next generation of the internet. The open-source nature of Parity helps charities, businesses, and fintech institutions make the most of Web 3.0.
Founded in 2015 by department-heading employees of Ethereum, Parity has already partnered with the likes of Watr to track ethical commodities to help African economies. Its partnership with Aventus will help enterprises make more of the technology they champion. Both partnerships are examples of how scalable, flexible and powerful Parity’s infrastructure could be for the future of the internet.
With a focus on decentralisation, Parity has attracted investors such as the Digital Currency Group and the Ethereum Foundation, showing how integral they are to next-gen web development. Whilst it has yet to seek funding beyond its seed funding and several grants, its partnerships with larger companies, as well as the success of its subsidiaries (such as Polkadot) will definitely help propel Parity into the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2019
$5m
GRANT
Apr 2016
$0.8m
SEED
Total funding: $5.8m
Company benefits
- Free German language courses
- Personal development budget
- Free drinks and snacks
- Company and team events
- A KICKASS team with the ambition to change the world with open-source software
Company HQ
Westminster, London, UK
Leadership
Gavin Wood
(Shareholder)Co-founder of Polkadot. Founder and President at Web3 Foundation, previously Co-Founder at Grid Singularity, Co-Founder and CTO at Ethereum Foundation, and Director of Technology at OxLegal.
Bjorn Wagner
(CEO)Initially served as CCO at the company before transitioning into their current role as CEO.
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