Cloud Security Lead Full Time (Hybrid)

Sygnum is a global digital asset banking group, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage. We empower professional and institutional investors, banks, corporates and DLT foundations to invest in digital assets with complete trust. Our team enables this through our institutional-grade security, expert personal service and portfolio of regulated digital asset banking, asset management, tokenisation and B2B services.

In Switzerland, Sygnum holds a banking licence and has CMS and Major Payment Institution Licences in Singapore. The group is also regulated in the established global financial hubs of Abu Dhabi and Luxembourg.

We believe that the future has heritage. Our crypto-native team of banking, investment and digital asset technology professionals are building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies that we call Future Finance. To learn more about how Sygnum’s mission and values are shaping this digital asset ecosystem, please visit sygnum.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Our values

A key pillar of our success are the Sygnum values that define and unite us a team. We proudly call them our SYGN values:

• S stands for the importance we hold in Seeking and seizing opportunities, and the way we take personal ownership for delivering results for our clients;
• Y represents the way we say Yes to maintaining the highest level of integrity and fairness in everything we do. Sygnumers always display confidence without attitude;
• G reminds us to always Grow and win together. We only succeed by supporting each other and challenging ourselves, and our team-mates, to reach for new heights;
• N is here for Nose for value because we are always looking to focus on what matters most to our clients, partners and team.

Sygnum has one of the most diverse teams in the industry. Diversity plays a central role in keeping our work culture open, our teams productive and energised, and our solutions at the forefront of the industry. In the spirit of our SYGN value to “grow and win together”, we fully embrace an equal opportunity mindset in the way we onboard, develop and promote our team members.

About the role

Our CISO team’s mission is to be in the vanguard of digital banking security, fostering a safe and prosperous financial future for our stakeholders while setting pioneering new industry standards for security and trust in the digital age.

• Opportunity to own and shape security standards for our integrated currency and digital asset banking platforms at the frontier of digital asset banking
• Leadership in defining, implementing, and monitoring security governance frameworks for digital asset custody, trading, and banking
• Development of security patterns bridging traditional banking and blockchain
• Strategic input into our multi-custody and key management architecture
• Chance to establish industry-leading security practices in an emerging sector
• Serve as a key liaison and coordinator between the CISO team and cross-functional teams, including engineering, SRE, IT operations, and security operations
• Drive the effective implementation and operationalization of security strategies and standards across the organization

Our ideal candidate

You are a highly skilled security professional with a strong background in overseeing security architecture for infrastructure, applications and cloud security technologies – eager to join an innovative organization at the forefront of the digital asset economy. You thrive on solving complex security challenges in regulated environments and are passionate about establishing new security standards for the emerging digital asset banking sector. You combine deep technical expertise with an understanding of regulatory requirements for financial institutions.

• Masters degree in Information Technology or equivalent8+ years of IT experience with at least 5 years in security architecture roles or equivalent
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills in English
• Strong ability to collaborate with and influence diverse teams, serving as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives and driving alignment across teams
• Proven expertise covering at least 75% of:
• Cloud security architecture and controls (Azure, AWS)
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) architecture and Zero Trust
• Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) frameworks
• Developing security standards in regulated environments
• Security architecture reviews for critical business systems
• Financial regulations (e.g. FINMA) and banking security requirements
• Encryption architecture and key management systems
• Application, infrastructure and networking security best practices
• API security standards and gateway architecture
• Kubernetes and microservices security patterns

Nice to Have:

• Team leadership, management and consulting experience
• Hardware Security Module (HSM) architecture
• Understanding of DLT security patterns and blockchain-specific threats
• Digital asset custody and trading platform security
• Blockchain security patterns and smart contract security
• German language proficiency

Our Offer

Joining Sygnum means being part of a dynamic, global team that is building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies. Working at Sygnum, you will experience our fast-paced, exciting work environment that embraces meritocracy and collaboration and open communication. Alongside our ambitious long-term mission, we also come together for reaching important milestones and annual crypto-industry anniversaries like Bitcoin Pizza Day, and regularly celebrate together at themed company events as part of our journey to shape Future Finance.

Sygnum offers a comprehensive package of benefits for all team members. They include:

• Attractive combination of market salaries and entrepreneurial incentive scheme
• Flexible/Work at home policies
• Professional development via Mentoring and Buddy programs
• One-month fully paid sabbatical for every five years of continuous employment

If you are passionate about the potential of blockchain to share Future Finance and your profile is a good fit for this position, please send us your CV today!