Assistant Vice President – Cyber Security

Continental Finance Company

Lead Cyber Security Engineer managing cybersecurity in a cloud-first environment at a financial technology company. Collaborate with teams to design secure systems embedded in AWS.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeWilmington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudCyber SecurityTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the technical execution of the cybersecurity program
Provide leadership to a team of cybersecurity engineers, including performance coaching, workload prioritization, and professional development
Design and operate security controls across AWS environments
Implement and maintain IAM, encryption, secrets management, and network security
Define and enforce secure API and application security standards
Integrate security tooling into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning)
Perform threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and remediation
Monitor security events and lead technical incident response
Support SOC 2, PCI DSS, and related audit and compliance activities
Conduct security reviews of vendors, partners, and third-party integrations
Act as a security subject-matter expert and advisor to engineering teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

BA or BS Degree in Computer Science or related degree is preferred
High School Diploma or GED required
Minimum of 6–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, or software engineering is required
2–4 years in a senior or lead security engineering role
Hands-on experience securing cloud-native, SaaS or FinTech platforms
Direct experience with AWS-based, API-heavy architectures
Strong hands-on experience with:
AWS IAM, VPC, KMS, Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail
Secure API design (OAuth2, JWTs, mTLS)
Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
CI/CD security and DevSecOps practices
Solid understanding of OWASP Top 10 and API Security Top 10
Strong technical judgment and ownership mindset
Ability to communicate security risks clearly to engineers and leadership
Pragmatic, risk-based approach to security
Comfortably operating independently and remaining deeply hands-on
AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification is a plus
CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or GIAC certifications are preferred
Experience in regulated FinTech or financial services environments preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive compensation and benefits
exciting, fast-paced business casual environment

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Hard Skills & Tools

cybersecurityAWSIAMencryptionsecrets managementnetwork securityAPI securitythreat modelingvulnerability assessmentsInfrastructure-as-Code

Soft Skills

leadershipperformance coachingworkload prioritizationprofessional developmenttechnical judgmentcommunicationindependencerisk-based approach

Certifications

AWS Certified Security – SpecialtyCISSPCCSPCISMGIAC