Prove is hiring a

Security Engineer

Chicago, United States

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About Prove 

As the world moves to a mobile-first economy, businesses need to modernize how they acquire, engage with and enable consumers. Prove’s phone-centric identity tokenization and passive cryptographic authentication solutions reduce friction, enhance security and privacy across all digital channels, and accelerate revenues while reducing operating expenses and fraud losses. Over 1,000 enterprise customers use Prove’s platform to process 20 billion customer requests annually across industries, including banking, lending, healthcare, gaming, crypto, e-commerce, marketplaces, and payments. For the latest updates from Prove, follow us on LinkedIn.

Prove is driving the future of digital identity. We are looking for Provers who know how to make an impact. We’re talking self-starting professionals who thrive in a fast-paced environment, process information quickly, and make intelligent decisions. The work is challenging and requires not only smart but natural curiosity and tenacity. Teamwork is also important to us – we work together and play together.   

Prove has big plans, and we’re excited about the future. If this sounds like the place for you – come join our team! 

At Prove, a Security Engineer, handles the digital security for our company and our products. Their duties include building digital security protocols, operating a cyber security system and maintaining an IT security infrastructure for their organization or their clients’ organizations.

Security Engineers are the first line of defense against malicious actors. They screen their company’s critical IT infrastructure for weaknesses and create robust countermeasures to prevent future incidents. Security Engineers also train employees on security best practices and advice management on investments to safeguard the company’s computer and network systems.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage the IAM program including administering and provisioning corporate identities and access.
  • Act as a technical lead within a rapidly growing cyber security group and develop team objectives to resolve outstanding risk and identify new areas of exposure.
  • Assist in validating and remediating critical findings resulting from audit processes.
  • Utilize industry-standard toolsets to map and reduce the attack surface of a complex and dynamic architecture.
  • Collaborate with Threat Intelligence groups to overlay observations from the global threat landscape with patching and remediation strategy.
  • Proactively research emerging cyber threats. Apply analytical understanding of hacker methodologies and tactics, system vulnerabilities and key indicators of attacks and exploits.
  • Review opportunities to reduce the risk surface of Prove, ensuring a highly secure target for adversary actors.
  • Develop scripts, tools, and methodologies to identify and exploit points of exposure on internal and perimeter applications.
  • Implement and direct processes across the vulnerability management lifecycle, including Discovery, Prioritization of Assets, Vulnerability Assessment, Reporting, Remediation, and Verification.
Qualifications and Experience:
  • Experience with Microsoft, Active Directory, Okta and AWS SSO
  • Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, etc.)
  • Promote, maintain and enhance our cultural values of humility, passion, inclusion, and leadership.
  • Strong passion for learning about our products and markets through in-house and external training.
  • Experience in high-growth /pre-IPO Technology companies
  • Bachelor’s degree in IT, information security, computer science, or a related field and/or related work/military experience

 

This position description should not be considered the final description of the position. The position description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the positions. It should be assumed that we would, to some extent, structure responsibilities in accordance with the successful candidate’s capabilities and changing business conditions. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

The salary range for this position is $120,000 - 130,000/yr. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, geographical location, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

 

Benefits & Perks for FTE Provers:

  • Competitive salaries & Bonus Plan (for eligible roles) and Equity Plan
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan & Match
  • Comprehensive medical benefits for you and your family ❤️
  • Emotional & Physical Wellness – Access to wellness services (EAP, Gympass, Prove Well-Being Reimbursement)
  • Unlimited Vacation and Flexible hours
  • Professional Development Coaching via Bravely
  • Healthy lunches catered and bottomless snacks & beverages for all office locations
  • 12 paid holidays for all global employees 📅
  • A great place to work and connect with other talented Provers like yourself!
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Prove we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
 
This position description should not be considered the final description of the position. It should be assumed that we would, to some extent, structure responsibilities in accordance with the successful candidate’s capabilities and changing business conditions.
 
Prove is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, color, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics.
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