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Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.\nFor more information, visit: https://octus.com/\nWorking at Octus\nOctus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values - Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel - define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, and much more. \nRole\nWe're hiring a hands-on Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to own the security technology that protects Octus employees, endpoints, and enterprise systems. You'll keep our security stack healthy and well tuned, and you'll harden the security settings in the business systems people use every day.\nOur security team is small, so this role is broad. Your main focus is IT and enterprise security. You'll also work on cloud security, application security, incident response, vendor risk, and audits. Anyone who joins gets real exposure across the whole program.\nYou'll also help us secure AI tools. Octus uses AI heavily, and we want someone who can make tools like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT safe to use at scale.\nResponsibilities\nPrimary focus: IT and enterprise security\nOwn the care and feeding of our security tools. Tune policies, manage upgrades, fix integrations, and retire what we no longer need.\nManage endpoint security across Mac and Windows with Microsoft Defender, Intune, and Jamf Pro.\nManage Netskope policies for web, SaaS, and data loss prevention.\nHarden identity in Okta and Microsoft Entra ID. This covers SSO, MFA, conditional access, privileged access, and admin access reviews.\nSet and enforce security configuration in enterprise systems like Google Workspace, Slack, Atlassian, and other SaaS apps.\nManage email security with Abnormal Security and Google Workspace controls.\nSupport secrets and credential management in 1Password.\nHarden AI tools like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT. Configure admin settings, connector and MCP controls, audit logging, and data protections.\nAlso in scope: the broader program\nBuild and tune detections in Google SecOps with our managed SOC partner.\nRespond to incidents and lead post-incident reviews. Join the team on-call rotation. Calls are rare.\nTrack and drive remediation of cloud and code findings from Wiz and Snyk.\nPartner with Engineering on AWS security and secure development practices.\nAutomate security work with Python, APIs, and workflow tools.\nCollect evidence for SOC 2 and support client security reviews.\nAssess security risk in new vendors and tools.\nMentor teammates and share what you learn across Technology.\nRequirements\n6+ years in cybersecurity or security-focused IT engineering.\nHands-on experience running EDR and MDM tools across Mac and Windows fleets.\nStrong working knowledge of identity platforms like Okta or Entra ID, including SSO, MFA, and conditional access.\nExperience hardening SaaS platforms such as Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.\nExperience with SSE or secure web gateway tools, and with DLP.\nExperience tuning a SIEM and responding to security incidents.\nWorking knowledge of SOC 2, NIST CSF, and GDPR, and how technical controls support them.\nScripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell. Comfort working with REST APIs.\nClear writing and speaking with both technical and non-technical people.\nComfort working across many areas at once on a small team.\nPreferred\nHands-on experience with our stack, including Okta, Microsoft Defender, Intune, Jamf Pro, Netskope, Google SecOps, or Wiz.\nExperience hardening enterprise AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT, including MCP servers and connectors.\nExperience building security automation or workflows that cut manual work.\nCertifications such as CISSP, GIAC, Security+, or a cloud security cert.\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nOctus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. 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