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Fintal Partners

Infrastructure Security Engineer

Fintal Partners, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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Base pay range $250,000.00/yr - $400,000.00/yr

We are looking for a passionate and pragmatic Infrastructure Security Engineer to join our clients' Platform team. In this role, you’ll help design, implement, and scale security controls across a global infrastructure. You will work closely with engineers responsible for Linux, Kubernetes, CI/CD, storage, and shared compute systems to ensure that security is embedded into the foundations of how the platforms are operated and expanded.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges through a security lens. You’ll take a hands‑on approach to strengthening authentication, secrets management, and access controls — while developing the tooling and automation that make secure‑by‑default the standard for engineering teams.

As part of a small, fast‑moving group within the Platform department, you’ll directly influence the auditability, integrity, and resilience of the systems that underpin critical business operations.

Core Responsibilities

Enhance authentication and secure identity propagation in critical systems using OIDC‑OAuth2, LDAP, and Kerberos protocols

Manage and streamline PKI and TLS certificate processes, enabling secure service‑to‑service and user authentication across environments

Design and implement authorization and secure access flows across the infrastructure and data technology stack

Build automation around HashiCorp Vault for secrets lifecycle management and integration into engineering workflows

Develop infrastructure‑as‑code and policy‑as‑code solutions to enforce access and secrets policies at scale

Partner with Platform and Engineering teams to establish secure default configurations and benchmarks

Contribute to documentation, RFCs, and onboarding to ensure safe and effective adoption of new security measures

Participate in platform threat modeling and security design reviews

Skills and Experience

3–7 years of experience in Infrastructure Security, DevSecOps, or Site Reliability Engineering with security‑focused projects

Proficient with building automations in Python, Java, or Golang and infrastructure‑as‑code (preferably Terraform) when applicable

Practical expertise in secret management (ideally HashiCorp Vault) and secure workflow integrations

Hands‑on experience with authentication protocols (OIDC, Kerberos, LDAP), IAM solution design, and access governance concepts

Solid understanding of PKI and TLS certificate management, including issuance, rotation, and secure integration into workflows

Familiarity with Linux access controls, permissions, and secure access patterns

Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to bridge technical system requirements and security objectives across teams

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