Senior Security Engineer

Job description

**Who We Are:** At Emburse, you’ll not just imagine the future – you’ll build it. As a leader in expense intelligence, we are creating a future where technology drives business value and inspires extraordinary results. Our AI-powered platform helps organizations modernize financial operations, increase visibility, and optimize spend across the enterprise. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing our organization's security posture. You will be responsible for implementing and managing security systems, conducting incident response and analysis, reviewing identity & access management entitlements, and proactively identifying and mitigating potential security threats. This role requires a deep understanding of security technologies, excellent problem-solving skills, and team collaboration. ### Essential Functions - Manage security tools and systems (SIEM, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, vulnerability management). - Monitor, analyze, and triage security events, alerts, and logs to identify threats and vulnerabilities. - Perform incident response activities, including containment, eradication, recovery, and documentation. - Investigate and analyze security incidents, determine root cause, and recommend remediation. - Execute incident response playbooks and SOPs. - Triage and manage bug bounty submissions, code scanning results, and vulnerability findings, ensuring remediation and validation. - Collaborate with engineering and product teams to embed “shift left” security practices in the software development lifecycle. - Experience with DevSecOps, DevOps, CICD pipelines, and secure code development. - Assist with internal and external vulnerability scanning, segmentation testing, and penetration testing programs. - Create and maintain security metrics and reporting dashboards for leadership visibility. - Stay current with evolving security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices; recommend enhancements to improve the company’s security posture. - Administer and monitor Identity & Access Management (IAM) systems, enforcing least privilege, segregation of duties, and periodic access reviews. - Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and controls for privileged account management to reduce insider and external risk. ### Experience - Experience in a senior security role with a proven track record of leadership and mentorship. - Strong knowledge of security principles, technologies, and best practices, including network security, encryption, authentication, access control, and vulnerability management. - In-depth experience with security tools such as SIEM, IDS, and vulnerability scanners. - Deep understanding of cloud security concepts and technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP). - Proficiency in scripting and automation using languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash. - Experience with incident response and forensics, including log analysis, malware analysis, and threat hunting. - In-depth understanding of industry standards and frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, PCI DSS. - Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to guide others in the analysis of complex security incidents and provide actionable recommendations. - Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. ### Required Skills: - Excellent analytical skills. - Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision. - Experience working on large cross-functional teams, representing security on initiatives such as change management, identity and access management, policy management, and data retention. - Strong writing skills and the ability to communicate information about complex issues to stakeholders in a clear and easy to understand way - Ability to develop creative and adaptive solutions to unique and complex inquiries - Comfortable with a rapid-pace working environment and meeting deadlines - Team-focused, positive attitude, and good sense of humor ### Education & Certifications: - Required: Bachelor’s Degree; Minimum 5+ years of technology project/program management.