Polkadot Jobs at Parity Technologies

About the position (or What you will do)

As a Senior Security Analyst, you’ll be an impactful contributor to our Security team which focuses, primarily, on remediating vulnerabilities, protecting infrastructure, informing and training employees on security best practices, and proactively solving problems before they are presented.

You will monitor our infrastructure, tools, and processes for security issues, collaborate cross-functionally to implement and execute processes that safeguard us from potential risks, and analyze and challenge security assumptions to help us develop company-wide best practices.

You will report to the Head of Security.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the first point of contact for detection efforts including reviewing alerts, escalating reports, analysis, and making recommendations for further investigation and mitigation efforts
• Investigate security breaches and other cybersecurity incidents
• Implement security measures and operate software to protect Parity’s infrastructure
• Research security enhancements and make recommendations to management
• Stay up-to-date on information technology trends and security standards

Requirements:

• Can operate in and be familiar with a Linux-based environment
• Strong documentation and process mindset
• Implement and review alerts to conduct analysis for improvements related to security
• Strength in composing briefs and assessments of security data, especially related to blockchain technology
• A high degree of empathy and understanding for those that may make mistakes paired with a solution-oriented mindset to approaching vulnerabilities that present
• Experience with network penetration testing and techniques
• Understanding of firewalls, proxies, SIEM, and threat modelling concepts
• Ability to identify and mitigate network vulnerabilities and explain how to avoid them
• Understanding of patch management with the ability to deploy patches in a timely manner while understanding business impact

Nice-to-haves:

• Have worked in a startup environment
• Have blockchain specific security knowledge
• Get excited by crafting metrics that tell a story
• Located in or willing to relocate to Berlin, Germany
• A background in open source software development
• Passionate about Web 3.0 and what it represents for the future
• Have an interest in Parity and accompanying technologies such as Substrate

About Parity

The team at Parity builds core infrastructure to power a better internet. We do this by innovating in and fostering the open source ecosystem surrounding blockchain development, also known as Web 3.0.

Every day we interact with technologies controlled by a handful of large companies whose interests often conflict with our own. Despite that conflict, we still use their software either because many of the benefits seem to outweigh any perceived risk, we feel there is no choice, or there is no better alternative. As a result, we end up granting such companies access to our personal data which, in turn, gives them far-reaching control over our digital lives and in that, unprecedented influence over a multitude of globally impactful initiatives and innovations.

Parity Technologies is a team of the world’s premiere blockchain developers building industry-leading technologies that enable developers to create the next wave of better products and services that respect the freedom and data of individuals. You’ll join at a critical moment when the future of the decentralized web is being shaped, and perform an influential role in making a more equitable society for our future.

We primarily steward the Substrate ecosystem which includes Polkadot and Kusama, both of which are next-generation, sharded, multichain networks. Our flagship product, Substrate, is an open-source modular and extensible blockchain-building framework that allows rapid innovation and fast deployment of custom built blockchains. Substrate provides the core building blocks of blockchains built for deployment to Polkadot and Kusama. Our key programming language is Rust, and all of our work is open source.

Not a perfect match to our requirements? We're happy to receive your application anyways and hear how you think you can help us achieve our mission.