Cloud Security Engineer
Blis is an award-winning, global leader and technology innovator in big data analytics and advertising. We help brands such as McDonalds, Samsung, and Mercedes Benz to understand and effectively reach their best audiences. In doing this, we are industry champions in our commitment to the ethical use of data and believe people should have control over their data and privacy. With offices across four continents and over 300 people on the team, we are a truly international company with a global culture and scale. We’re headquartered in the UK, financially successful and stable, and looking forward to continued growth. We’d love it if you could join us on the journey!
The Role
● Oversee security across our cloud service landscape
● Develop and maintain policies for the team to follow
● Keep up-to-date with the latest security threats
● Support and mentor the rest of the team in security-related issues
● Be involved throughout the development process to ensure security is considered right from the start
We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Security Engineer to join our DevOps team. Our systems run in Google Cloud Platform, and we have customer-facing web applications, endpoints for server-to-server calls from external systems, and data pipelines that process many terabytes of data daily. We also have a comprehensive CICD pipeline, with separate test and development environments. All of these need to operate in a secure manner, accessing only the systems that they need to access, and being accessed by only the people who need to access them. You will be responsible for ensuring that this happens, overseeing security through all stages of design, development and implementation.
At Blis, security is baked in throughout the development process. Youll be involved in the full lifecycle of product development, from ideation and design to implementation and support. Our collaborative environment encourages you to discuss the why behind every project, helping shape the future of our technology. Youll work closely with other engineers, data scientists, and product managers, ensuring that our systems are secure at all levels.
We adhere to good design principles inspired by Lean Development, and we encourage continuous learning and growth. As part of our team, youll enjoy mentoring, brainstorming, and pairing up to tackle ambitious challenges. Our supportive culture fosters a collaborative atmosphere where everyone can thrive.
This is a full-time position based in the UK.
Required knowledge
● Excellent understanding of Cloud systems and how to secure them
● Experience with ISO-27001 or equivalent
● Proficiency in Python and shell scripting
● Excellent understanding of server-side Linux
● Proven ability to communicate security needs across multiple teams
Desired knowledge
● Strong background securing Google Cloud Platform
● Experience of working with large datasets containing personal data
● Familiarity with regulatory governance requirements, including GDPR
● Knowledge of security requirements across multiple jurisdictions globally
Expected background
● 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering and infrastructure with security as a key focus
● Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar
Key technologies that we use
These are all used in the Blis landscape. You don’t need to be familiar with them all, but experience securing some of them is desirable:
● GCP Cloud: Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, IAM, VPC Networks, BigQuery, Dataproc, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, Cloud SQL, Memorystore, PubSub.
● Infrastructure & Technologies: Apache Airflow, Druid/Imply, Kafka, Spark, Postgres, Jenkins, Scylla, Redis, Docker, Prometheus, Github, Linux.
● Languages: Python, Scala, C++, JavaScript, Java.
About Us
Blis is the leading privacy-first, location-powered programmatic advertising partner. We deliver accurate targeting at scale without reliance on personal data, helping the world’s largest brands and media agencies drive key business outcomes through personalised and high-performing digital advertising.
Blis uses real-world and online data, as well as behaviour and lifestyle indicators, to profile and understand audiences better than anyone else. Using a global planning and measurement panel of 1.5 billion consented devices and taking an aggregated and anonymous approach to audience targeting, Blis reaches precise audiences at scale without reliance on personal data.
Established in the UK in 2004, Blis now operates in more than 40 offices across five continents. Working with the world’s largest and most customer-driven companies across all verticals including Unilever, Samsung, McDonalds, HSBC, Mercedes Benz and Peugeot, as well as every major media agency, Blis reaches over a billion mobile devices a year.
Our values
Brave
Were leaders not followers.
An innovation and growth mindset helps us solve everyday challenges and achieve breakthroughs. Our passion drives us to innovate. We don’t see barriers, just possibilities.
We take ownership and hold ourselves accountable for outcomes, good and bad – and we don’t pass the buck.
Love Our Clients
Were client obsessed.
We do what we say and build trusted relationships with our partners for the long term.
We act with integrity. We put our clients at the centre of our business. We obsess over the best insights, ideas and solutions to deliver WOW and work with honesty and accountability to get it done.
Inclusive
Were one team.
We are empathetic and embrace diversity. Everyone has a voice and can bring their authentic self to work.
We care about and support each other – with humility and good humour. Mutual respect and wellbeing are key. We strive to eliminate bias and be open and transparent.
Solutions Driven
Were action oriented.
Speed matters in business, so were solution-driven and action-oriented. We value simplification and calculated risk taking.
We are lean, agile and resourceful self-starters. We collaborate and break silos, working thoughtfully and with urgency to solve problems, while learning from mistakes and celebrating wins.
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