Principal Security Engineer Crypto Digital Assets

Job Description

REQUIREMENTS

• 6+ years in information security, including recent experience as a senior security engineer, security architect, or security lead;
• Direct experience securing crypto, digital-asset custody, or a regulated financial platform; strong understanding of blockchain security, wallet architecture and key management;
• Working knowledge of cloud security fundamentals (AWS preferred, Azure/GCP acceptable) in a regulated environment;
• Practical knowledge of security in regulated finance and how controls map to licence conditions (ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST);
• Experience running threat modelling, risk assessments and incident response;
• Comfortable operating in a matrixed security model – partnering with dedicated IAM, AppSec, SOC and infrastructure security teams rather than owning those functions outright

Nice to have:

• Hands-on Kubernetes, containers, API security and infrastructure as code;
• Python proficiency for automation and scripting;
• Experience running third-party / vendor security assurance;
• Recognised certifications: CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or equivalent;
• Hands-on experience with MPC – based custody, key ceremonies and signing-policy design;
• Familiarity with MiCA, DORA, FCA crypto rules, or comparable digital-asset regimes;
• Background in secure SDLC and DevSecOps (OWASP, secure-by-design);
• Experience with smart contract security review: threat modelling, commissioning and managing external audits, and driving findings through to resolution;
• Experience designing transaction signing and approval flows, so that what a user or operator authorises is provably what gets signed and broadcast;
• Experience reviewing business logic in the money path – withdrawal sequencing, balance idempotency, internal ledger integrity – where the flaw sits in the logic rather than the cryptography;
• Familiarity with supply-chain assurance for crypto-specific dependencies: wallet SDKs, chain libraries, node clients and signing tooling, including pinning, provenance and upgrade discipline;
• Experience defining bug bounty scope for crypto assets, and triaging and calibrating severity for on-chain findings

RESPONSIBILITES

Digital asset and custody security (owned by this role):

• Own the full custody stack: MPC key management, transaction authorisation, signing quorums, address whitelisting and withdrawal controls
• Govern hot/cold wallet segregation, key ceremonies and delegated cold custodians
• Secure staking architecture and on-chain deposit/withdrawal paths

Platform, cloud and application security (partner with InfraSec, AppSec and IAM):

• Define crypto-specific hardening requirements for the custody and exchange stack within the existing multi-account AWS environment; partner with InfraSec on account segmentation, network and data-residency controls
• Partner with AppSec to embed crypto-specific checks into the SDLC (SAST, DAST, SCA, CI/CD security gates) for custody and exchange services
• Partner with IAM and IAM Tech on privileged access and secrets governance for crypto signing keys and custody credentials

Threat detection, response and testing (partner with SOC, CorpSec and AppSec):

• Define custody- and blockchain-specific detection use cases and feed them into SOC’s monitoring and alerting
• Own incident response for crypto-specific scenarios (key compromise, unauthorised transaction, on-chain incident); partner with CorpSec on the group-wide IR process, forensics and breach notification
• Contribute custody- and blockchain-specific scenarios into AppSec’s pentest and red-team programme

Third-party and vendor security (own crypto vendor risk, partner with CorpSec on process):

• Own security assessment and ongoing assurance of the crypto vendor stack: custody platforms, execution systems, blockchain analytics, Travel Rule and treasury tooling
• Apply CorpSec’s vendor onboarding and contract security process to crypto vendor engagements

Regulatory, resilience and governance (own crypto-specific mapping, partner with IT Governance):

• Own control mapping against MiCA and the crypto-specific provisions of DORA and FCA rules; partner with IT Governance on ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF and GDPR mapping
• Feed crypto services into the group’s BC/DR and important-business-service mapping owned by IT Governance
• Maintain crypto-specific security policy addenda; support regulatory and IT audits on crypto scope

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