Client Platforms Security Engineer
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$150,000 - $200,000 / year
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Description
DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
We are seeking a Client Platforms Security Engineer to work with the members of the security team to ensure that our client platform infrastructure, virtual or physical, is properly protected. You will engineer, maintain and implement security controls, audit configurations in a hybrid compute environment. You will generally ensure we are reducing risk footprint across the infrastructure without impacting its effectiveness. A successful candidate will have an attention to detail, the ability to understand what impact their changes will have on the business teams and the services they use.
What you’ll be doing:
- Maintain security tools and their associated configurations
- Manage and coordinate updates of tools when new versions are released
- Working with platform teams to deploy tools and changes as necessary after validating necessary performance and functionality requirements
- Identify solutions in the market and test them to see if they prove viable for our environment and use case
- Work with the platform teams to ensure the OS builds are as hardened to the extent they can be
- Identify and document ways to measure effectiveness of the client platform controls
- Assess risk in our client platform environment and provide mitigations for those risks
- Identify process improvements for automation of security hardening checks on client platforms
- Work with the operation teams internal and external to ensure identified risks are triaged, investigated, and remediated as necessary
What we’re looking for:
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience required
- Scripting/Development experience in any high-level language with the desire to build upon that repertoire
- Experience maintaining client OS platforms (e.g Windows, Linux, MacOS) in a physical and virtual world.
- Understanding of network fundamentals and protocols.
- Deep technical understanding of client OS platforms (e.g Windows, Linux, MacOS). Mobile OS platforms a plus (e.g. iOS, Android, etc)
- Experience with endpoint security suites and frameworks (e.g. Anti-Virus, EDR/XDR, execution flow control, etc)
- Strong, demonstrable experience in Cybersecurity engineering, design, implementation and documentation
- Experience with leading SOAR and SIEM solutions
Bonus Points For:
- Experience managing platforms like CrowdStrike, Sentinel One, or Carbon Black App Control
- Experience working with Qualys and a general understanding of vulnerability management processes
- Experience scripting with languages like Python, Powershell, and the Linux Shell
The annual base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.
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Benefits
- health insurance
- vision insurance
- 401(k)
- bonus
About this role
At DRW, a Chicago-based trading firm with global operations, this role sits at the intersection of infrastructure security and business continuity. You'd be responsible for securing the client platform environment—both virtual and physical—by engineering and maintaining security controls, managing endpoint protection tools, and hardening operating systems across Windows, Linux, and macOS. The work involves close collaboration with platform and operations teams to deploy security changes without disrupting the services the business depends on, which means balancing technical rigor with practical business impact.
The position calls for someone with strong foundational knowledge of client OS platforms, endpoint security suites (EDR/XDR, antivirus), and SOAR/SIEM solutions, combined with hands-on scripting ability in languages like Python or PowerShell. You'll spend time evaluating new security tools, assessing risks, automating hardening checks, and working with internal and external teams to triage and remediate identified vulnerabilities. Experience with platforms like CrowdStrike or Sentinel One, vulnerability management tools like Qualys, and mobile OS security would strengthen your candidacy.
This is a full-time hybrid role in Chicago offering a base salary of $150,000 to $200,000 plus discretionary bonus, along with standard benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and disability coverage. The role suits someone who combines deep technical security expertise with the communication skills needed to work effectively across teams and explain security trade-offs in business terms.
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